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单词 emollient
释义 emollient
 —emollience,  n.  
 /i mol"yeuhnt/,  adj.  
  1. having the power of softening or relaxing, as a medicinal substance; soothing, esp. to the skin: emollient lotions for the face.
  n.  
  2. an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.
 [1635-45; < L emollient- (s. of emolliens) softening up (prp. of emollire), equiv. to e- E- + molli(s) soft + -ent- -ENT]
 Syn. 1. relieving, palliative, healing, assuasive.
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