单词 | camphor |
释义 | camphorWord family nouncamphanecamphenecamphinecamphoradjectivecamphoraceouscamphoricverbcamphorate cam·phor /ˈkæmfə $ -ər/ noun [uncountableU] HCCa white substance with a strong smell, used especially to keep insects away 樟脑 Examples from the Corpus camphor• Smell of soap, cedarwood, camphor.• Others put their faith in camphor.• It smelt of camphor as if the old clothes hanging on the racks had just been taken out of ancient chests.• His studies laid the foundations for his later researches on camphor and the mechanism of aromatic substitution.• I smelled camphor and looked up into the bright, sun-reflecting glasses of my uncle. (1300-1400) Anglo-French caumfre, from Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic kafur, from Malay kapur |
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