| 单词 | balm |
| 释义 | balm (once / 970 pages) n If your lips are cracked and dry, lip balm will make them feel better. A balm is a soothing substance with a consistency somewhere between solid and liquid. The ointment-like consistency is part of what the word balm means. It comes down from the word, balsam, which is a gummy substance that comes from trees. You can use the word metaphorically too. If your mother's cooking always makes you feel better no matter how bad things get, you can say her home cooking has been a balm for you in trying times. WORD FAMILYbalm: balms, balmy+/balmy: balmier, balmiest, balmily, balminess USAGE EXAMPLESShe sets the pieces into place and motion; she’s the inspiration and guiding spirit, the story’s balm and soul. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Humor is a balm; I needed badly to smile, and Austen was irresistible. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Sometimes the right balm for hard times is a bombastic pop jam to get lost in. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1n semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation Syn|Hypo|Hyper ointment, salve, unction, unguent arnica an ointment used in treating bruises baby oilan ointment for babies balsaman ointment containing a fragrant resin carron oilan ointment formerly used to treat burns ceratea hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin chrism, chrisom, holy oil, sacramental oila consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam lip balma balm applied to the lips mentholated salvea salve containing menthol mercurial ointmentan ointment containing mercury zinc ointmentan ointment containing zinc that is used to treat certain skin diseases camphor icea cerate made of camphor and wax and spermaceti and castor oil curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain 2n any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing Hypo|Hyper balm of Gilead a fragrant oleoresin balsam any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes |
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