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calamine lotion

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calamine lotion

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cal·a·mine lo·tion /ˈkæləmaɪn ˌləʊʃən $ -ˌloʊ-/ noun [uncountable]  MHa pink liquid that you put on sore, itchy, or sunburned skin to make it less painful 炉甘石药水〔粉红色护肤药水,可减轻皮肤疼痛、瘙痒或日晒后的灼伤〕
Examples from the Corpus
calamine lotionWith all that scratching it should have been calamine lotion.Here's some calamine lotion for your spots.I rub on soothing calamine lotion, then don a cotton turtleneck to keep myself from scratching.
Origin calamine lotion (1800-1900) calamine mineral from which zinc is obtained (1500-1600) French, from Medieval Latin calamina, from Latin cadmia, from Greek, from kadmeios of Thebes, city in ancient Greece where the mineral was originally found
cal·a·mine lo·tion nounChineseSyllable
that a itchy, put you sore, on Corpus pink liquid


calamine lotion
calamine lotion /ˈkæləmaɪn ˌləʊʃən $ -ˌloʊ-/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: calamine 'mineral from which zinc is obtained' 1500-1600 French, from Medieval Latin calamina, from Latin cadmia, from Greek, from kadmeios 'of Thebes, city in ancient Greece where the mineral was originally found'
a pink liquid that you put on sore, itchy or sunburned skin to make it less painful