balm

英 [bɑːm]

美 [bɑːm]

n. 香脂油(昔日用于疗伤等); 镇痛软膏; 护肤膏; 香液; 令人感到安慰(或镇定)的事物

复数：balms　过去式：balmed　

Collins.1 / BNC.20024 / COCA.14452

牛津词典

noun

香脂油（昔日用于疗伤等）
oil with a pleasant smell that is obtained from some types of trees and plants, used in the past to help heal wounds, for example
镇痛软膏；护肤膏；香液
a liquid, cream, etc. that has a pleasant smell and is used to make wounds less painful or skin softer
1. lip balm
  护唇膏
令人感到安慰（或镇定）的事物
something that makes you feel calm or relaxed

（用于制作疗伤或镇痛油膏的）香树脂
Balmis a sweet-smelling oil that is obtained from some tropical trees and used to make creams that heal wounds or reduce pain.
N-UNCOUNT 安慰（物）；慰藉（物）
If you refer to something asbalm, you mean that it makes you feel better.
1. The place is balm to the soul.
  这个地方能给灵魂带来慰藉。

noun

semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
Synonym:ointmentunctionunguentsalve
any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing

Regular trips back to her adopted motherland have resulted in her first book, Tiger Balm.
经常返回她移居的国家让她写出了她的第一本书《万金油》。
A thin coat of balm on the arms can drive away the mosquitoes.
在手臂涂上一层薄薄的香油，能驱走蚊子。
This year, with a few of our friends, Molly and I spent a lot of our time making beeswax candles and beeswax lip balm.
今年，我、莫莉和几个朋友一起花了很多时间来制作蜂蜡蜡烛和蜂蜡唇膏。
This is the best lip balm ever!
这是最好的护唇膏！
Lip balm is a moisturizer especially made for your lips.
药用唇膏是特别为嘴唇制造的湿润剂。
This is my favorite lip balm and we love the strawberry most!
这是我最喜欢的润唇膏，有我们最喜爱的草莓味！
Mother's praise was balm to the little girl s wounded feelings.
母亲的赞美对这小女孩受创的情感而言是个慰藉。
I suffer a malady that no balm can cure!
可叹的是我的病痛却找不到香膏来治愈。
Weep away my child, tears act as a balm to some sorrow.
哭吧，我的孩子，眼泪对有些伤心事是一种慰籍。
A sweet balm was poured into the wound which she had thought nothing but death could heal.
她本来以为除了一死之外，没有别的能够医治好那个创伤，这时候一种芬芳的香油却被倒进了那个伤口。