单词 | liniment |
释义 | liniment From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Hospitallinimentlin‧i‧ment /ˈlɪnəmənt/ noun [uncountable]MHa liquid containing oil that you rub on your skin when you feel sore or stiffExamples from the Corpusliniment• I lived in a nursery which smelled of boredom and liniment.• She gave him a five-pound note to buy liniment at the chemist's.• She let him treat her ankle and put liniment on it.• The liniment could not defeat it.• And what patience the man had, massaging his patients himself and rubbing them with liniment.Origin liniment (1400-1500) Late Latin linimentum, from Latin linere “to spread over a surface” |
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