emollient

英 [?'m?l??nt] 美[?'mɑl??nt]
  • n. [藥] 潤(rùn)膚劑；軟化劑
  • adj. 使柔軟的
GRE

詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?emollients;

助記提示

Emollient:?從GF的梳妝臺(tái)上拿起一個(gè)東東，e咦！mollient抹臉的！----潤(rùn)膚劑。
2. 諧音“一抹靈的”。

中文詞源

emollient 使緩和的

e-, 向外。-mol, 磨，軟，詞源同mill,melt.

英文詞源

emollient (adj.)
1640s, from French émollient (16c.), from Latin emollientem (nominative emolliens), present participle of emollire "to make soft, soften," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + mollire "soften," from mollis "soft" (see melt (v.)). The noun is recorded from 1650s.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. The central character is a deceptively emollient senior figure in a Conservative Government.
核心人物是保守黨政府內(nèi)一個(gè)貌似仁和的高層人物。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Use an emollient for dry skin.
乾燥的皮膚要使用潤(rùn)膚劑.

來(lái)自辭典例句

3. The northerners'initial response has been emollient.
北方人的最初反應(yīng)便是盡量緩和時(shí)局.

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4. The mist contains sunflower oil, a natural emollient that sinks into your skin and conditioned.
含有具天然保濕作用的向日葵油, 深入滋潤(rùn)皮膚.

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5. Avocado Oil, derived from the fruit of a tropical American tree, is a rich, fatty - acid emollient.
鱷梨油, 來(lái)自一個(gè)熱帶水果的美國(guó)樹, 是一種豐富的脂肪酸潤(rùn)膚油.

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