| 单词 | balm |
| 释义 | balm (bɑːm ) Word forms: balms 1. variable noun Balm is a sweet-smelling oil that is obtained from some tropical trees and used to make creams that heal wounds or reduce pain. 2. uncountable noun [oft a NOUN] If you refer to something as balm, you mean that it makes you feel better. [approval] The place is balm to the soul. Synonyms: comfort, support, relief, cheer Collocations: healing balm I have found a kind of peace, it's been like a healing balm to be quite honest. Times, Sunday Times (2015) All confirmed its mythical status as a top healing balm. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Marriage itself can be a healing balm for many of our early hurts. Christianity Today (2000) And when could one possibly need its soothing balm more than at the start of an election campaign? Times, Sunday Times So let me offer some soothing balm, some therapy to see you through this shock. Times,Sunday Times So within a few years our big, tough blokes will be able to share the responsibility of birth control by using a hassle-free soothing balm. The Sun The morning papers are full of reassuring words, soothing balm for an anxious nation. Times, Sunday Times They are a surreal, soothing balm, a hermetically sealed half-hour bubble in which politics and current affairs don't exist and you can just enjoy the finest absurdity. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 做疗伤或镇痛药膏的 香树油 Japanese: 芳香性の塗り薬 |
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