moxa

n. 艾, 艾蒿 [医] 灸料, 艾, 灼烙剂

发音

UK /ˈmɒksə/
US /ˈmɑksə/

词形变化

moxas 复数 moxas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion.

    艾绒

    艾

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  2. 2.

    Any other substance used in moxibustion.

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词源

From Japanese 艾 (mogusa, “mugwort”). The u is not strongly pronounced in Japanese, leading to its disappearance and the devoicing of the plosive. First used by Hermann Buschoff, a Dutch minister in Batavia, who wrote the first book about this remedy in 1674.

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