camphor

/kam-fer/US // ˈkæm fər //UK // (ˈkæmfə) //

樟树,樟脑,樟木,樟子松

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Chemistry, Pharmacology.
- : a whitish, translucent, crystalline, pleasant-odored terpene ketone, C10H16O, obtained from the camphor tree, used chiefly in the manufacture of celluloid and in medicine as a counter-irritant for infections and in the treatment of pain and itching.
- : any substance having medicinal or aromatic characteristics similar to those of camphor.

Imperial Kitchen, a restaurant in Hong Kong, makes my favorite version: smoked Peking duck with camphor wood spices.
Furs should be kept in a box, alone, and in summer carefully packed, with a quantity of lump camphor to protect from moths.
In this case, never leave home without a straw-covered bottle of brandy, and another of camphor, in your carpet-bag.
The window-curtains were presumably packed in camphor, and the dim panes suggested a cobwebbed and desolate interior.
The camphor tree grows very well here, but I do not know if the gum has ever been collected.
The camphor tree overhead was thrown out darkly against the stars, like its own shadow.