单词 | heal |
释义 | heal (once / 255 pages) v To heal is to recover or become healthy again. You'll need to wait until your blisters heal before you put your hiking boots back on and climb Mt. Everest. They say time can heal, or cure, a broken heart, while you can be sure that rest, an ice pack, and propping your foot up will heal your twisted ankle. The Proto-Germanic word khailaz, which means "to make whole" is the root of both heal and the closely related word health. Don't confuse heal with heel, which is the back part of your foot or the command that makes a dog stop. WORD FAMILYheal: healed, healer, healing, heals, self-heal+/healed: unhealed/healer: healers/healing: healingly, healings USAGE EXAMPLESThe woman told her the massage used energy to heal. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Spurning the American tendency to treat every ailment with medication, he instead explored the body’s ability to heal itself. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) This was an overwhelming process that consumed her life, Grogan said, but she was determined to heal quickly. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v heal or recover Syn|Hyper mend ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate get better 2v get healthy again The wound is healing slowly Hypo|Hyper scab form a scab skin overgrow new skin over an injury granulateform granulating tissue ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate get better 3v provide a cure for, make healthy again The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to Syn|Hypo|Hyper bring around, cure recuperate restore to good health or strength aid, help improve the condition of |
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