本草 meaning in English
1.(记载中药的书籍)a book on chinese (herbal) medicine
2.(中药通称)chinese materia medica 短语和例子
Examples
- The first of these in the field of botany were the herbals .
在植物学领域，这些最早的著作是本草书。 - In those days botany was virtually synonymous with herbalism .
那时候植物学和本草学实际上是同义的。 - The compendium of materia medica has been held in high esteem since it was first published .
《本草纲目》问世之后，深受人们的推崇。 - “the shen nong ben cao jing " , written more than 2000 years ago , was the earliest book on materia medica in the world. recorded in the book are over 300 kinds of animals , plants , and minerals used for medication .
中国的《神农本草经》是世界上最古的本草书。