| 单词 | balm |
| 释义 | Related topics: Drugs, medicines, Hair & beautybalm /bɑːm $ bɑːm, bɑːlm/ noun [countable, uncountable] 1 MDDCBan oily liquid with a strong pleasant smell that you rub into your skin, often to reduce pain 〔涂在皮肤上常起止痛作用的〕油，膏，香脂；镇痛软膏 lip balm 润唇膏2 literaryCOMFORT/MAKE somebody FEEL BETTER something that gives you comfort 安慰（物），慰藉（物）balm for/to A drive through the countryside is balm for a weary soul. 驱车穿越乡间是对疲惫心灵的安慰。Examples from the Corpusbalm• There would be sulphur as well as balm.• Smoothing her balm on my lips with a single finger.• Its friendliness is balm for tortured West Coast souls.• Your lips have no natural moisturising ability so need frequent application of protective balm or stick.• It absolved him of jealousy and spread balm on her irritations and reassured her that she had not the slightest regret.• The performers were reassured by the balm of warm applause.• A thin ribbon that separates unparalleled views from unattainable wealth, the walk is a welcome balm to the landlocked masses.balm for/to• This may seem a reassuring picture, a balm to B. S. Johnson's fears.• The forest and the lapping water of the great river were a balm to the spirit.• Her instants of selfless love, so focused upon me, are balm for my abraded ego.• Hong Kong was a gentle balm to the dancers' ragged spirits.• Its friendliness is balm for tortured West Coast souls.• Judge: But this programme is balm to millions, many of them toothless, gaga and slumped across a Zimmer frame.• I supposed talking about it gave some balm to her wounded spirit.• A thin ribbon that separates unparalleled views from unattainable wealth, the walk is a welcome balm to the landlocked masses.Origin balm (1200-1300) Old French baume, from Latin balsamum; → BALSAMbalm nounChinese pleasant liquid a strong oily with Corpus an smell |
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