apothecary: [14] Originally, an apothecary was simply a shopkeeper – the word comes via Old French from late Latin apothēcārius, which was based on Greek apothékē ‘storehouse’ (source, via French, of boutique [18] and via Spanish of bodega [19]), a derivative of the verb apotithénai ‘put away’ (formed from the prefix apo- ‘a(chǎn)way’ and the verb tithénai ‘put’ – source of thesis).
By the time the word entered English it was reserved to shopkeepers who sold non-perishable groceries, such as spices – and herbal and other remedies. Gradually, apothecaries began to specialize more and more in drugs, so that in 1617 a formal separation took place between the Apothecaries’ Company of London and the Grocers’ Company. Apothecary remained the general term for a ‘druggist’ until about 1800, when chemist began to take over. => bodega, boutique, thesis
apothecary (n.)
mid-14c., "shopkeeper, especially one who stores, compounds, and sells medicaments," from Old French apotecaire (13c., Modern French apothicaire), from Late Latin apothecarius "storekeeper," from Latin apotheca "storehouse," from Greek apotheke "barn, storehouse," literally "a place where things are put away," from apo- "away" (see apo-) + tithenai "to put, to place" (see theme). Same root produced French boutique and Spanish bodega. Cognate compounds produced Sanskrit apadha- "concealment," Old Persian apadana- "palace."
Drugs and herbs being among the chief items of non-perishable goods, the meaning narrowed 17c. to "druggist" (Apothecaries' Company of London separated from the Grocers' in 1617). Apothecaries formerly were notorious for "the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this profession, who are commonly as superficial in their learning as they are pedantic in their language" [Francis Grose, "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1796]. Hence, Apothecary's Latin, barbarously mangled, also known as Dog Latin.
雙語例句
1. I am an apothecary of that hospital.
我是那家醫(yī)院的一名藥劑師.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and color.
他是那種再普通不過的行醫(yī)者, 說不出多大年紀(jì),相貌也沒什么值得一提的.
來自辭典例句
3. Apothecary: The availability of medicines makes the isle more orderly.
藥店: 有效的藥品讓島上的人們感到有次序.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. You can consult apothecary, they can tell you accurate result.
你可以去請教藥劑師, 他們會告訴你準(zhǔn)確答案的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Yellow apothecary: Like, it is to like too simply!