| 单词 | gamboge pill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgamboge pill C1. General attributive, as gamboge gum, gamboge pill, gamboge resin, etc.gamboge tree: see sense A. 2. ΚΠ a1722 J. Quincy tr. Dispensatory Royal Coll. Physicians London (1727) 129 Pilulæ de Gutta Gamaandra. The Gamboge Pill. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved viii. 136 Of all other Purgatives, I think the Gamboge-Pill best suits such Folks. 1775 tr. Valuable Secrets Arts & Trades 122 You add gamboge water, tinged with a little saffron. 1818 D. Adams Geography (ed. 3) 65 Cambodia is celebrated for the Camboge, or Gamboge gum. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 90/2 A plant..which he thought might be the gamboge plant, as it contained a yellow purgative juice in the rind of its fruit. 1885 G. S. Forbes Wild Life in Canara 42 The same gamboge resin distils from both [wild and cultivated mangosteen] trees. 1917 C. J. Cornish et al. Mammals of Other Lands i. 24 In the common species [of squirrel monkey] the face is like a little furry man's, its arms brilliant yellow (as if dipped in gamboge dye), the cheeks pink, and eyes black. 2004 N. Eastaugh et al. Pigment Compend. 213/1 When used as a watercolour, gamboge resin is dissolved and particles are not visible using the polarising light microscope. < as lemmas |
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