balm 音标拼音: [b'ɑm] [b'ɑlm]
n . 香油,香膏
香油,香膏
balm n 1 :
any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing 2 :
semisolid preparation (
usually containing a medicine )
applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation [
synonym :
{
ointment }, {
unction }, {
unguent }, {
balm }, {
salve }]
Balm \
Balm \ (
b [
aum ]
m ),
n . [
OE .
baume ,
OF .
bausme ,
basme ,
F .
baume ,
L .
balsamum balsam ,
from Gr .
ba `
lsamon ;
perhaps of Semitic origin ;
cf .
Heb .
b [=
a ]
s [=
a ]
m .
Cf . {
Balsam }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 . (
Bot .)
An aromatic plant of the genus {
Melissa }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Any fragrant ointment . --
Shak .
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4 .
Anything that heals or that mitigates pain . "
Balm for each ill ." --
Mrs .
Hemans .
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{
Balm cricket } (
Zool .),
the European cicada . --
Tennyson .
{
Balm of Gilead } (
Bot .),
a small evergreen African and Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family ({
Balsamodendron Gileadense }).
Its leaves yield ,
when bruised ,
a strong aromatic scent ;
and from this tree is obtained the balm of Gilead of the shops ,
or balsam of Mecca .
This has a yellowish or greenish color ,
a warm ,
bitterish ,
aromatic taste ,
and a fragrant smell .
It is valued as an unguent and cosmetic by the Turks .
The fragrant herb {
Dracocephalum Canariense }
is familiarly called balm of Gilead ,
and so are the American trees , {
Populus balsamifera },
variety candicans (
balsam poplar ),
and {
Abies balsamea } (
balsam fir ).
[
1913 Webster ]
Balm \
Balm \,
v .
t .
To anoint with balm ,
or with anything medicinal .
Hence :
To soothe ;
to mitigate . [
Archaic ] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
172 Moby Thesaurus words for "
balm ":
Mentholatum ,
Vaseline ,
aid ,
allay ,
alleviative ,
alleviator ,
alterative ,
ambergris ,
ambrosia ,
analeptic ,
anodyne ,
aroma ,
aromatic ,
aromatic gum ,
aromatic water ,
assistance ,
assuager ,
attar ,
attar of roses ,
balm of Gilead ,
balsam ,
bay oil ,
bergamot oil ,
bouquet ,
brilliantine ,
calmative ,
cerate ,
champaca oil ,
chrism ,
civet ,
cold cream ,
collyrium ,
comfort ,
commiseration ,
compose ,
condolement ,
condolence ,
consolation ,
corrective ,
cream ,
cure ,
cushion ,
demulcent ,
dolorifuge ,
drops ,
drug ,
electuary ,
elixir ,
embrocation ,
emollient ,
essence ,
essential oil ,
ethical drug ,
extract ,
eye -
lotion ,
eyewash ,
eyewater ,
face cream ,
fixative ,
generic name ,
glycerin ,
glycerogel ,
glycerogelatin ,
glycerol ,
glycerole ,
hand lotion ,
healing agent ,
healing quality ,
heliotrope ,
help ,
herbs ,
incense ,
inhalant ,
inunction ,
inunctum ,
jasmine oil ,
lanolin ,
lavender oil ,
lenitive ,
lincture ,
linctus ,
liniment ,
lotion ,
lull ,
materia medica ,
medicament ,
medication ,
medicinal ,
medicinal herbs ,
medicine ,
menthol ,
mercurial ointment ,
mitigator ,
mixture ,
moderator ,
modulator ,
mollifier ,
musk ,
myrcia oil ,
myrrh ,
nard ,
nonprescription drug ,
officinal ,
oil ,
ointment ,
olive oil ,
pacificator ,
pacifier ,
palliative ,
parfum ,
patent medicine ,
peacemaker ,
perfume ,
perfumery ,
petrolatum ,
pharmacon ,
physic ,
pomade ,
pomatum ,
powder ,
preparation ,
prescription ,
prescription drug ,
proprietary ,
proprietary medicine ,
proprietary name ,
quiet ,
quieten ,
receipt ,
recipe ,
redolence ,
relief ,
remedial measure ,
remedy ,
restorative ,
restraining hand ,
rose oil ,
salve ,
scent ,
sedative ,
settle ,
sharing of grief ,
shock absorber ,
simples ,
soothe ,
soother ,
soothing syrup ,
soothing words ,
sovereign remedy ,
specific ,
specific remedy ,
spice ,
spikenard ,
stabilizer ,
still ,
succor ,
sympathy ,
syrup ,
temperer ,
theraputant ,
tisane ,
tranquilize ,
tranquilizer ,
unction ,
unguent ,
unguentum ,
vegetable remedies ,
volatile oil ,
vulnerary ,
wiser head ,
witch hazel ,
zinc ointment (Block And List Manipulation ) An extensible
language , developed by Malcolm Harrison in 1970 , with
LISP }-like features and {ALGOL }-like {syntax }, for {CDC
6600 }.
The Balm Programming Language ", Malcolm Harrison , Courant
Inst , May 1973 ].
2007 -03 -01 )Balm contracted from Bal '
sam ,
a general name for many oily or resinous substances which flow or trickle from certain trees or plants when an incision is made through the bark .
(
1 .)
This word occurs in the Authorized Version (
Gen .
37 :
25 ;
43 :
11 ;
Jer .
8 :
22 ;
46 :
11 ;
51 :
8 ;
Ezek .
27 :
17 )
as the rendering of the Hebrew word _tsori_ or _tseri_ ,
which denotes the gum of a tree growing in Gilead (
q .
v .),
which is very precious .
It was celebrated for its medicinal qualities ,
and was circulated as an article of merchandise by Arab and Phoenician merchants .
The shrub so named was highly valued ,
and was almost peculiar to Palestine .
In the time of Josephus it was cultivated in the neighbourhood of Jericho and the Dead Sea .
There is an Arab tradition that the tree yielding this balm was brought by the queen of Sheba as a present to Solomon ,
and that he planted it in his gardens at Jericho .
(
2 .)
There is another Hebrew word ,
_basam_ or _bosem_ ,
from which our word "
balsam ,"
as well as the corresponding Greek balsamon ,
is derived .
It is rendered "
spice " (
Cant .
5 :
1 ,
13 ;
6 :
2 ;
margin of Revised Version , "
balsam ;"
Ex .
35 :
28 ;
1 Kings 10 :
10 ),
and denotes fragrance in general .
_Basam_ also denotes the true balsam -
plant ,
a native of South Arabia (
Cant .
l .
c .).
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