单词 | salve |
释义 | salve (once / 220 pages) 1nv 2v WORD FAMILY salve: salvage, salvation, salved, salves, salving+/salvage: salvageable, salvaged, salvager, salvages, salvaging/salvager: salvagers/salvation: salvations USAGE EXAMPLESWe all experience loss and desperately wish for some salve to ease the pain. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) Mrs Clinton's loss still stings, but for forlorn Democrats seeing Mr Trump squirm would be a salve for open wounds. BBC(Dec 15, 2016) The packages that began arriving on my porch daily were a salve protecting me from the increasing ugliness of the presidential campaign. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) 1 1n semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation Syn|Hypo|Hyper balm, ointment, 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 2n anything that remedies or heals or soothes he needed a salve for his conscience Hyper redress, remediation, remedy act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil 3v apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing 2Hyper medicate, medicine treat medicinally, treat with medicine v save from ruin, destruction, or harm Syn|Hyper relieve, salvage, save deliver, rescue free from harm or evil |
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