| 单词 | starch bath |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstarch bath starch bath n. a bath consisting of starch and water, used in industrial processes or in the medical treatment of skin disorders. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > lotion or bath > [noun] > specific lyea700 eye-water?1593 mouth-water1598 arquebusade1739 eye lotion1797 black wash1805 mouthwash1806 bloodbath1834 starch bath1836 sulphur bath1843 whitewash1897 wax bath1916 1836 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 17 436 A practical dyer of Troyes, in France, asserts that the acetate of iron is much preferable to the sulphate, in dying blacks. That stuffs which are injured by washing in caustic leys, or even soap, may be cleansed by rubbing in a weak starch bath. 1889 Lancet 19 Oct. 807/2 A starch bath was also given daily. 1996 A. Outwater Water 154 Instead of starch baths, polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethyl cellulose, and polyacrylic acid baths were used to give the fibers body. 2002 Seminars Oncol. 29 Suppl. No. 10. 5/1 Antihistamines, starch baths, and hormone creams, the usual treatments for pruritis secondary to allergies or infections, offer little relief to PV [= polycythemia vera] patients. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。