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salve /ˈsælv/
油膏劑,藥膏,安慰,奉承(vt.)塗油膏于,安慰,緩和,搶救,打撈
salve /ˈsælv, ˈsɑlv/ 名詞
藥膏,油膏劑,止痛藥,治瘡藥,敷藥膏
Sal·ve v. t. To say “Salve” to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.]
By this that stranger knight in presence came,
And goodly salved them. --Spenser.
Salve n.
1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
2. A soothing remedy or antidote.
Counsel or consolation we may bring.
Salve to thy sores. --Milton.
Salve bug Zool., a large, stout isopod crustacean (Aega psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.
Salve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salved p. pr. & vb. n. Salving.]
1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
2. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.
But Ebranck salved both their infamies
With noble deeds. --Spenser.
What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence? --Milton.
Salve v. t. & i. To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [Recent]
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salve
n 1: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine)
applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an
irritation [syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm]
2: anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a
salve for his conscience"
v 1: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage, relieve,
save]
2: apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing