astringent

/uh-strin-juhnt/US // əˈstrɪn dʒənt //UK // (əˈstrɪndʒənt) //

收敛剂,收敛性,涩味剂,涩味

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Medicine/Medical. contracting; constrictive; styptic.
- : harshly biting; caustic: his astringent criticism.
- : stern or severe; austere.
- : sharply incisive; pungent: astringent wit.

n.名词 noun

1
- : Medicine/Medical. a substance that contracts the tissues or canals of the body, thereby diminishing discharges, as of mucus or blood.
- : a cosmetic that cleans the skin and constricts the pores.

adj.harsh

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While fuyus can be eaten raw and crunchy, hachiyas are mouth-puckeringly astringent until they’re very ripe.
If you taste one before it is ripe, the fruit’s sour and astringent qualities will flood your taste buds with a horrible cottony sensation.
These protagonists want something just out of reach, and end up being the unintentional authors of their own astringent tragedies.
And yet, there was always an astringent, bleakly humorous honesty to the man.
The extreme sharpness of the air acted on his nerves like an astringent, and braced them swiftly.
I was unable to locate any of the ordinary astringent drugs, such as kino, krameria, or nutgall.
This fruit is very astringent and bitter, and on being cut, a juice flows from it which is at first yellow, but soon turns black.
It is powerfully styptic and astringent; and is used chiefly as an external application in cancer.
Its roots, of a deep red hue, are distinguished by a bitter taste and astringent properties.