poultice
/pohl-tis/US // ˈpoʊl tɪs //UK // (ˈpəʊltɪs) //
膏药,罨画,药膏,疗程
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n.名词 noun
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- : a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
poul·ticed, poul·tic·ing.
- : to apply a poultice to.
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Examples
If much inflamed, a poultice should be applied, and the lamb placed under the charge of another nurse.
Now, you make a nice hot poultice of this meal, which is magical, and put it on the back of his neck.
But I think I would feel better if I had a hot cornmeal poultice on the back of my neck.
At eight o'clock I had a cold-water poultice, and at half past eight I drank a cup of mint tea.
With much more concerning her miraculous recovery through the aid of a "terbacker and onion poultice."
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