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单词 astringent
释义
as·trin·gent (ə-strĭnjənt)
adj.
1. Medicine Tending to draw together or constrict tissues; styptic.
2. Sharp and penetrating; pungent or severe: astringent remarks.
n.
A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues and is effective in stopping the flow of blood or other secretions.

[Latin astringēns, astringent-, present participle of astringere, to bind fast : ad-, ad- + stringere, to bind; see streig- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

as·tringen·cy n.
as·tringent·ly adv.
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