lozenge

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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loz·enge /ˈlɒzəndʒ $ ˈlɑː-/ noun [countable]  1  DFFMDa small flat sweet, especially one that contains medicine 〔尤指含有药物的〕糖片，糖锭，药糖 a cough lozenge 止咳糖2. HMa shape similar to a square, with two angles of less than 90° opposite each other and two angles of more than 90° opposite each other 菱形

Examples from the Corpus

lozenge• He covered my newest wound with a swab of alcohol and a lozenge of gauze.• It was April, and a lozenge of sunlight lay across his carpet.• The oral shield is variable ranging from a lozenge to a flattened triangle.• The walls were of plaster, painted soft green and decorated with silver and gold lozenges.• The results were promising, showing that in 100 people the lozenges appeared to reduce cold symptoms and duration by 42 percent.• A heavy door swung open and a figure beckoned them into a warm lozenge of light.Origin lozenge (1300-1400) Old French losange

loz·enge nounChineseSyllable  

sweet, one contains small that flat a Corpus especially

lozenge
loz‧enge /ˈlɒzəndʒ, ˈlɒzɪndʒ $ ˈlɑː-/ noun [countable]1. a small flat sweet, especially one that contains medicine:
    a cough lozenge
2. a shape similar to a square, with two angles of less than 90° opposite each other and two angles of more than 90° opposite each other

loz·engeBrE /ˈlɒzɪndʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɑːzɪndʒ/ 🔊 noun(geometry 几何) a figure with four sides in the shape of a diamond that has two opposite angles more than 90° and the other two less than 90° 菱形a small sweet/candy, often in a lozenge shape, especially one that contains medicine and that you dissolve in your mouth 菱形糖果；（尤指）菱形含片药物◆throat/cough lozenges 润喉／止咳糖片