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单词 liniment
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Definition of liniment in English:

liniment

noun ˈlɪnɪm(ə)ntˈlɪnəmənt
mass noun
  • An embrocation for rubbing on the body to relieve pain, especially one made with oil.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One popular therapy at this time (which continues today in China) was the combination of anmo with herbal ointments, liniments and salves derived from the Chinese materia medica.
    • Other household items carried by the stores on wheels included washing powder, liniments, salve, and lye used for making soap.
    • He may now be saying he wants to spend more time with his young son, but come next season the sniff of liniment might become something he can't refuse.
    • Application of liniments, analgesics, plant hydrosols, and essential oil blends immediately after the cupping will enable the absorption of the product deep into the tissue.
    • Oil of wintergreen, also known as methyl salicylate, is a time-honored rub or liniment used for sprains, strains, aches, pains and arthritis.
    • Then be sure to stock some simple over-the-counter remedies, such as aspirin, liniments, diarrhea medications, cold medications, and vitamins - again, in their packaging.
    • ‘In that case maybe I'll be distributing the horse liniment soon,’ returned Armand.
    • External herbal poultices, compresses, liniments, and salves are also used to enhance the other therapeutic methods.
    • Alone again, he resumes rubbing liniment on his back.
    • Herbal medicine is used for circulatory diseases in two ways: internally, through teas, tinctures or capsules, and externally, through poultices, lotions and herbal liniments.
    • As Labour MPs rub liniment on their bruises after last week's anti-terror vote, here's a reminder that modern whips are mere pussycats.
    • His mother's liniment was prime stuff, and allowed him to move the limb often enough to keep the kinks worked out.
    • Old codgers rub sore joints and look for liniment.
    • They are business professionals looking to take breaks from their regular routine and shuffle into a hard-knock world of dank locker rooms, sweaty ring towels, liniment, spit buckets and crusty old trainers.
    • If you experience such a symptom, there is no point in ignoring it or rubbing liniment in the belief that it is a muscle pain.
    • The afternoon quickly dissolved, and after putting on blankets, applying liniment and leg wraps, helping bed stalls, and cleaning up the barn, it was dark.
    • For a warming, soothing liniment that helps loosen muscles and gets them ready to go for sport, mix eucalyptus or rosemary oil with almond oil, ensuring that it remains strongly scented, and massage into muscles until you feel a warm glow.
    • Oil of Wintergreen, which you find in liniments, is Methyl salicylate.
    • In the past, I stared with amazement and almost revered the brown, smelly liniment as I rubbed it into my bruises.
    • Massage was developed in connection with incantation, rubbing the spirit out of the body, and was preceded by efforts to rub medicine in, in a similar fashion to rubbing liniments in.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin linimentum, from Latin linire 'to smear'.

 
 

Definition of liniment in US English:

liniment

nounˈlɪnəməntˈlinəmənt
  • A liquid or lotion, especially one made with oil, for rubbing on the body to relieve pain.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One popular therapy at this time (which continues today in China) was the combination of anmo with herbal ointments, liniments and salves derived from the Chinese materia medica.
    • External herbal poultices, compresses, liniments, and salves are also used to enhance the other therapeutic methods.
    • Then be sure to stock some simple over-the-counter remedies, such as aspirin, liniments, diarrhea medications, cold medications, and vitamins - again, in their packaging.
    • His mother's liniment was prime stuff, and allowed him to move the limb often enough to keep the kinks worked out.
    • In the past, I stared with amazement and almost revered the brown, smelly liniment as I rubbed it into my bruises.
    • If you experience such a symptom, there is no point in ignoring it or rubbing liniment in the belief that it is a muscle pain.
    • For a warming, soothing liniment that helps loosen muscles and gets them ready to go for sport, mix eucalyptus or rosemary oil with almond oil, ensuring that it remains strongly scented, and massage into muscles until you feel a warm glow.
    • ‘In that case maybe I'll be distributing the horse liniment soon,’ returned Armand.
    • Old codgers rub sore joints and look for liniment.
    • The afternoon quickly dissolved, and after putting on blankets, applying liniment and leg wraps, helping bed stalls, and cleaning up the barn, it was dark.
    • Alone again, he resumes rubbing liniment on his back.
    • Application of liniments, analgesics, plant hydrosols, and essential oil blends immediately after the cupping will enable the absorption of the product deep into the tissue.
    • Herbal medicine is used for circulatory diseases in two ways: internally, through teas, tinctures or capsules, and externally, through poultices, lotions and herbal liniments.
    • Massage was developed in connection with incantation, rubbing the spirit out of the body, and was preceded by efforts to rub medicine in, in a similar fashion to rubbing liniments in.
    • He may now be saying he wants to spend more time with his young son, but come next season the sniff of liniment might become something he can't refuse.
    • Oil of wintergreen, also known as methyl salicylate, is a time-honored rub or liniment used for sprains, strains, aches, pains and arthritis.
    • As Labour MPs rub liniment on their bruises after last week's anti-terror vote, here's a reminder that modern whips are mere pussycats.
    • Other household items carried by the stores on wheels included washing powder, liniments, salve, and lye used for making soap.
    • Oil of Wintergreen, which you find in liniments, is Methyl salicylate.
    • They are business professionals looking to take breaks from their regular routine and shuffle into a hard-knock world of dank locker rooms, sweaty ring towels, liniment, spit buckets and crusty old trainers.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin linimentum, from Latin linire ‘to smear’.

 
 
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