cotton bud
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈcotton bud noun [countable] British English 
DCBa small thin stick with cotton wool at each end, used for cleaning places that are hard to reach, such as inside your ears 〔清洁耳朵等用的〕棉签，棉花棒 SYN American English Q-tip
DCBa small thin stick with cotton wool at each end, used for cleaning places that are hard to reach, such as inside your ears 〔清洁耳朵等用的〕棉签，棉花棒 SYN American English Q-tipExamples from the Corpus
cotton bud• She licks the tip of a cotton bud and begins to comb her eyebrows.• Use a cotton bud to blend the colours together, so there are no hard lines.• Use a cotton bud to carefully blend away edges into foundation so there is no hard edge.• Then smudge downwards towards the lashes, using a cotton bud or a small brush.• Remove any blobs with a damp cotton bud.ˈcotton bud nounChineseSyllable
with wool a Corpus at stick small thin cotton
cotton bud
ˈcotton bud
noun [countable] British English
a small thin stick with cotton wool at each end, used for cleaning places that are hard to reach, such as inside your ears
SYN Q-tip American English
ˈcotton bud
noun [countable] British Englisha small thin stick with cotton wool at each end, used for cleaning places that are hard to reach, such as inside your ears
SYN Q-tip American English