peyote

英式音标：[peɪˈəʊti]

美式音标：[peɪˈoʊti]

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概况：

n. 佩奥特掌（仙人掌的一种）

词义：

n.

仙人掌的一种；

变形

复数：peyotes

英英释义

peyote[ pei'əuti ]

n.

a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons

同义词：mescalmezcalLophophora williamsii

the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons

同义词：mescaline

用法：

权威例句

The Peyote Religion Among the Navaho

The peyote religion among the Navaho

Navajo peyote use: its apparent safety

Peyote hunt. The sacred journey of the Huichol Indians.

Peyote in the treatment of alcoholism among American Indians.

Peyote constituents: chemistry, biogenesis, and biological effects.

Antibiotic Activity of an Extract Of Peyote

Religion in Indian Life. (Book Reviews: The Peyote Religion among the Navaho)

Prehistoric peyote use: alkaloid analysis and radiocarbon dating of archaeological specimens of Lophophora from Texas

Psychological and cognitive effects of long-term peyote use among Native Americans.

英语词源：

peyote (n.)

"mescal cactus," 1849, from Mexican Spanish peyote, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) peyotl, said to mean "caterpillar;" the cactus so called from the downy button on top.

造句：

1. Some nostrum peddled as a cure for unemployment.

鼓吹可解决失业问题的妙策.

来自辞典例句

2. He told the patient that he had a nostrum.

他告诉病人他有秘方.

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[ nostrum 造句 ]