搜尋結果
salve
- IPA[salv]
英式
- an ointment used to promote healing of the skin or as protection;something that is soothing or consoling for wounded feelings or an uneasy conscience
- soothe (wounded pride or one's conscience);apply salve to
verb: salve, 3rd person present: salves, gerund or present participle: salving, past tense: salved, past participle: salved
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an ointment used to promote healing of the skin or as protection the wound should be washed with water and then a salve applied he doctored their hurts with some strong-smelling salve
- ▪ something that is soothing or consoling for wounded feelings or an uneasy conscience the idea provided him with a salve for his guilt
動詞
- 1. soothe (wounded pride or one's conscience) charity salves our conscience
- 2. archaic apply salve to they salved my cuts and stopped the bleeding