| 单词 | emollient |
| 释义 | emollient (once / 32741 pages) nadj An emollient is a cream or ointment with a thick, gooey texture. When your hands are dry and cracked in the winter, you probably apply an emollient to make them softer. Emollient comes from a Latin word with the same spelling, which means “to make soft.” The noun form of emollient refers to a substance that makes something soft. However, emollient can also be an adjective used to describe something with a softening or soothing effect. For example, the annoying child on the airplane might be soothed by the emollient sound of the pilot’s voice over the intercom. WORD FAMILYemollient: emollients USAGE EXAMPLESStephen Sondheim’s “Company” looms large, with “Pippin” and other of the decade’s box office hits detectable in the score’s commercial emollient. Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2016) After conditioning, a cold water rinse helps the cuticle seal in the emollients. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) Meanwhile, senior Conservatives have been swift to strike a more emollient tone towards Mr Trump since Tuesday's election. BBC(Nov 10, 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, ointment 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) 2adj having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin Syn demulcent, salving, softening soft yielding readily to pressure or weight |
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