astringent
adjective /əˈstrɪndʒənt/
/əˈstrɪndʒənt/
- (specialist) (of a liquid or cream
液体或乳剂 （能使皮肤或伤口）收敛的 - Use an astringent lotion if you have oily skin.
油性皮肤用化妆水。 - to have an astringent effect
有收敛作用
- Use an astringent lotion if you have oily skin.
- (formal) critical in a severe or clever way
尖刻的；辛辣的 - astringent writers/comments
尖刻的作家／话
- astringent writers/comments
- (formal) (of a taste or smell
味道或气味 微苦而清新的 - the astringent taste of lemon juice
柠檬汁微苦却清新的味道
- the astringent taste of lemon juice
词源mid 16th cent.: from French, from Latin astringent- ‘pulling tight’, from the verb astringere, from ad- ‘towards’ + stringere ‘bind, pull tight’.