| 单词 | remedy |
| 释义 | remedy (once / 204 pages) nv A remedy is something that relieves or cures a problem or illness. Aloe vera is a common remedy for sunburn. If you're having trouble sleeping, the first remedy you might try is a hot bath and a cup of chamomile tea. If that doesn't help, you may resort to something stronger, like a sedative. If a streetlight shining in your window is part of the problem, you can remedy the situation with some room-darkening shades. But if it's your upstairs neighbors and their all-night partying that's keeping you awake, you may have to consider a legal remedy. WORD FAMILYremedy: remedial, remediate, remedied, remedies, remedying+/irremediable: irremediably/remediable: irremediable/remedial: remedially/remediate: remediable, remediated, remediation/remedied: unremedied USAGE EXAMPLESTo remedy that, he sometimes groups a few of them together. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) Whether the change will bring fresh remedies to the southern African country’s economic woes is open to question. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) They chuckled at some customers’ home remedies, such as pouring white wine on a red-wine stain. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain Syn|Hypo|Hyper curative, cure, therapeutic acoustic a remedy for hearing loss or deafness antidote, counterpoisona remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison emetic, nauseant, vomit, vomitivea medicine that induces nausea and vomiting lenitiveremedy that eases pain and discomfort application, lotionliquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin magic bulleta remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease balm, ointment, salve, unction, unguentsemisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation alleviant, alleviator, palliativeremedy that alleviates pain without curing catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panaceahypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists preventative, preventive, prophylacticremedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease arnicaan ointment used in treating bruises atropinea poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides baby oilan ointment for babies balsaman ointment containing a fragrant resin black lotion, blackwasha mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores calamine lotiona lotion consisting of a liquid preparation containing calamine; used to treat itching or mild skin irritations 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 collyrium, eye-lotion, eyewashlotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes ipecaca medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning) embrocation, linimenta medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain lip balma balm applied to the lips menthola lotion containing menthol which gives it the smell of mint mentholated salvea salve containing menthol mercurial ointmentan ointment containing mercury dry mustard, powdered mustarda substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic rubbing alcohollotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use witch hazel, wych hazellotion consisting of an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant zinc ointmentan ointment containing zinc that is used to treat certain skin diseases elixira substance believed to cure all ills obidoxime chloridea chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease 2n act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil Syn|Hypo|Hyper redress, remediation salve anything that remedies or heals or soothes correction, rectification the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right 3v provide relief for remedy his illness Syn|Hyper relieve care for, treat provide treatment for 4v set straight or right remedy these deficiencies Syn|Hyper amend, rectify, remediate, repair correct, rectify, right make right or correct |
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