| 单词 | ointment |
| 释义 | ointment (once / 2205 pages) n Ointment is an oily kind of cream that you use to soothe or heal your skin. You might want to apply a bit of ointment to that festering flesh wound on your forehead. Just saying. Ointment is viscous — in other words, it's somewhere between a solid and a liquid, with a slippery, oily texture. Some medications come in ointment form, while other ointments might be lip balm, a moisturizer for dry skin, or even a cosmetic. The Old French oignement came from the Latin unguentum, from the stem unguere, "to anoint or salve." WORD FAMILYointment: ointments USAGE EXAMPLESAfter her arrival, they began flushing the wound with a saline solution and treating it with antibiotic ointments, but the lesion wouldn’t heal. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) It’s a very simple song with simple chords, although a minor key puts a fly in the ointment. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) “This is so I don’t get ashy,” she said, as her legs and arms were slathered with ointment. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) 1n toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin Syn|Hypo|Hyper cream, emollient cold cream, coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin hand creammoisturizing cream for the hands lanolinan emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep) nard, spikenardan aromatic ointment used in antiquity sun blocker, sunblock, sunscreena cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn toilet articles, toiletry artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) 2n semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation Syn|Hypo|Hyper balm, salve, unction, unguent arnica an ointment used in treating bruises baby oilan ointment for babies balsaman ointment containing a fragrant resin carron oilan ointment formerly used to treat burns ceratea hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin chrism, chrisom, holy oil, sacramental oila consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam lip balma balm applied to the lips mentholated salvea salve containing menthol mercurial ointmentan ointment containing mercury zinc ointmentan ointment containing zinc that is used to treat certain skin diseases camphor icea cerate made of camphor and wax and spermaceti and castor oil curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain |
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