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emollient

/ih-mol-yuhnt/US // ɪˈmɒl yənt //UK // (ɪˈmɒlɪənt) //

润肤,润肤剂,柔软剂,润湿剂

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the power of softening or relaxing, as a medicinal substance; soothing, especially to the skin: emollient lotions for the face.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.

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Examples

  • Try adding a richly emollient body cream to your daily routine for long-lasting hydration that will leave skin hydrated and fabulous, not dried out, which can enhance fine lines and wrinkles.

  • Oatmeal is an emollient, which means that it holds moisture against the skin.

  • Rubenstein listened and as an emollient agreed to an in-house investigation.

  • No soft hand of woman smoothed his pillow or relieved the agony of pain and suffering by the timely opiate or emollient.

  • Ben rushed, and had an emollient; spouted again and was corked; again, and received a neat red-waxen stopper.

  • The bowels have been kept open from the 19th, by the occasional use of emollient injections.

  • It was attempted to relieve this induration by emollient fomentations.

  • He must have seen that its effect would only be to irritate a spirit needing an emollient.