| 单词 | laxative |
| 释义 | laxative (once / 12024 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY laxative: laxatives USAGE EXAMPLESHospital staff administered antibiotics, a specially formulated laxative to treat constipation, and a diet of squid and fish. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Some had been given a diagnosis of constipation, and they ranked its severity by how often they used laxatives. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) Suddenly Miss Ellis began to speak, her voice bright and fake like a laxative commercial: “Well, I’ve got some rather astounding news for you, Gilly.” Katherine Paterson, The Great Gilly Hopkins(1978) 1adj stimulating evacuation of feces Syn|Ant aperient mildly laxative cathartic, evacuant, purgativestrongly laxative costive retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating 2n a mild cathartic Hypo|Hyper phenolphthalein a laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid-base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below pH 8 aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels |
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