英语词汇“astringent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

astringent

释义

astringent, a. and n.|əˈstrɪndʒənt|
[a. F. astringent, ad. L. astringentem, pr. pple. of astringĕre: see astringe and -ent.]
A. adj.
1. Having power to draw together or contract the soft organic tissues; binding, constrictive, styptic.
1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 H j b, I cal austere..a lytell adstryngent.1620Venner Via Recta vii. 146 It is astringent, and therefore effectual to stop the laske.1855Bain Senses & Int. ii. ii. §14 Astringent substances act on the skin and on the mucous membranes generally.
2. fig. Severe, austere, stern.
1820Byron Juan v. clvii, Their chastity..Is not a thing of that astringent quality, Which in the North prevents precocious crimes.
†3. Constipated, costive. Obs. Cf. astringency 2.
1662R. Mathew Unl. Alch. §76. 98 There are some such whom it hath purged most of all, which otherwise have been most astringent.
B. n. An astringent medicine or substance.
1626Bacon Sylva §66 Blood is stanched..by astringents.1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 195 The root of Statice caroliniana is one of the most powerful astringents.

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