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ointment

/oint-muhnt/US // ˈɔɪnt mənt //UK // (ˈɔɪntmənt) //

膏药,药膏,软膏,膏剂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pharmacology.

    • : a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.

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Examples

  • Daniel takes testosterone through injections, but the hormone can also be absorbed via skin ointment or a patch.

  • The fly in the ointment is the potential return of showers on Sunday.

  • They were a small ointment for the open, latent and bleeding wound that Louisiana was giving me.

  • Aikey has been administering three different eye drops four times a day, along with eye ointment and thyroid pills twice daily.

  • A screechy bug in the ointment — but it’s not a biggieCurrently, the entry form for Week 1435, the contest to make funny art with at least one real cicada or nymph casing — is not transmitting photos properly.

  • John McCormack has been the dogged fly in the ointment here.

  • This means not being the fly in the ointment of peace talks.

  • Hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes—the inevitable fly in the ointment of any big new liberal idea.

  • The flaw in Gaga's ointment too was is in part that she was upstaged by Kanye.

  • And thou hast adorned thyself for the king with ointment, and hast multiplied thy perfumes.

  • Thou sattest on a very fine bed, and a table was decked before thee: whereupon thou didst set my incense, and my ointment.

  • So even here there were flies in every ointment, and no dream of perfection could remain unchallenged.

  • As to the numb feeling in one's feet, one never has time to rub oneself over with Bengue's ointment.

  • Evidently this imposingly named product is practically a lanolin ointment containing oil of wintergreen and menthol.