unguent

n. 软膏, 药膏, 润滑油 [医] 软膏

发音

US /ˈʌŋɡjuənt/
其它 /ʌnd͡ʒ(u)ənt/

词形变化

unguents 复数 unguents

别名

onguent

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Taking the form of a cream or ointment.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

ointment balm salve unction

上位词 4

cure remedy therapeutic curative

下位词 8

arnica baby oil balsam Carron oil cerate chrism chrisom lip balm

部分词 3

lanolin wool fat wool grease

词源

From Latin unguentum (“ointment”), from unguō (“to smear with ointment”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to salve, anoint”). Cognates include Old Prussian anctan, Old High German ancho (German Anke (“butter”)), Welsh ymenyn (“butter”).

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