Salve



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 药膏; v. 减轻, 缓和
• ［英］ n. 药膏 ( oily substance used on wounds) ; v. 减轻, 缓和 ( to soothe; assuage)
• ［类］ placebo : innocuous / salve : unctuous ( 安慰剂是无毒的 / 油膏剂是油质的)
• ［记］ salv ( 救) +e -> 解救的东西 -> 药膏, 安慰话

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sealf; akin to Old High German salba salve, Greek olpē oil flask
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. an unctuous adhesive substance for application to wounds or sores
• 2. a remedial or soothing influence or agency <a salve to their hurt feelings>

II. transitive verb (salved; salving)

• Date: before 12th century
• 1. to remedy (as disease) with or as if with a salve
• 2. quiet, assuage <give him a raise in salary to salve his feelings — Upton Sinclair>

III. transitive verb (salved; salving)

• Etymology: back-formation from salvage
• Date: circa 1706
• salvage
• ? salvor noun

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