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单词 lozenges
释义

lozenge

noun

loz·​enge ˈlä-zᵊnj How to pronounce lozenge (audio)
 also  -sᵊnj
1
: a figure with four equal sides and two acute and two obtuse angles : diamond
2
: something shaped like a lozenge
3
: a small usually sweetened and flavored medicated material that is designed to be held in the mouth for slow dissolution
especially : one that contains a demulcent
sore throat lozenges

called also pastille, troche

Synonyms

  • cap
  • capsule
  • pill
  • tablet
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Example Sentences

take one of these lozenges for your cold
Recent Examples on the Web This dazzling necklace, replete with lozenge-like stones in bonbon hues, was the perfect subject matter. Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2022 Sucking on a cough drop or lozenge may help throughout the day. Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping, 1 Aug. 2022 An easy drinking and well balanced wine with flavors of bourbon chocolate biscuits and a cherry lozenge. Tenuta La Viola. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 3 July 2022 Eileen unwrapped the crackling plastic, clattering the lozenge into her mouth, and was promptly wracked by raucous, raspy hacking and rowdy, gravelly croaks. Pat Myers, Washington Post, 14 July 2022 The only noticeable difference is that a slim, narrow black marking on the earbud is replaced by a shorter, squatter black lozenge. David Phelan, Forbes, 5 June 2022 Pinsky’s Pollution Pods are five interlinked geodesic domes erected not where the negotiators, observers, world leaders, and journalists could experience them but on a lozenge of green at the Gartnavel General Hospital. Carlton Reid, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021 The lozenge, a shape recalling a vulva, adds an element of feminine sexuality to a thrilling sense of transport and emerging spiritual power. Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2021 Alerts include reminders to use a nicotine lozenge or gum before arriving at a smoking trigger and sends messages that encourage and motivate them to adhere to smoking cessation goals. Bryan W. Heckman, Scientific American, 26 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English losenge, from Anglo-French

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

lozenge

noun

loz·​enge ˈlä-zᵊnj How to pronounce lozenge (audio)
: a small candy often containing medicine

Medical Definition

lozenge

noun

loz·​enge ˈläz-ᵊnj How to pronounce lozenge (audio)
: a small usually sweetened solid piece of medicated material of any of various shapes that is designed to be held in the mouth for slow dissolution and often contains a demulcent
sore throat lozenges

called also pastille, troche

lozenges

noun

plural of lozenge
as in pills
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally take one of these lozenges for your cold

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