🇬🇧🇨🇳 potion - 药水 : English Lesson
noun
Meaning of "potion" ("药水"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
A potion is a special liquid, usually in stories, that someone mixes on purpose—like wizards or witches—to make magic happen, such as healing, flying, turning invisible, or accidentally turning your brother into a frog.
The superhero carried a super-strength potion, but he only used it to open pickle jars.
The ogre swallowed a beauty potion and only his toenails got prettier.
The teacher said reading is like a brain potion, so now I’m chugging chapter books.
Mom says her morning coffee is a wake-up potion that turns her from a zombie into a human.
In old stories, people really believed potions could cure sickness or give powers—today we use real medicine instead, but potions still fill stories with hilarious magical disasters.
A girl found a broken winged bird and mixed a small green potion in a wooden cup. The potion steamed, smelled like summer rain. She fed the bird the warm potion; its wing twitched. She whispered thanks to the glass potion bottle, kissed cork, and watched the healed bird fly. The empty bottle held one last drop of potion.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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