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单词 eyewash
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Definition of eyewash in English:

eyewash

noun ˈʌɪwɒʃ
mass noun
  • 1Cleansing lotion for a person's eye.

    洗眼液

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The resultant tea is used to sprinkle over the eyes or used in an eyewash in an eyecup that can be readily purchased at most drug stores.
    • Coptis, which is yellow, is used as an eyewash for the inflammation of the eye lid.
    • Ewart points to the inclusion of a fume hood and eyewash station as important to the overall safety factor.
    • He also procured over $1,000 worth of safety equipment for shop personnel (fire extinguishers, face shields, ear plugs, eyewash solution, and other housekeeping items).
    • To make your own eyewash, simply dilute five drops of a tincture of goldenseal, an antibacterial herb, in warm water.
    • Another lineup of tables offers eyewash, footpads, hand creams, aspirins and other health items.
    • This medication can be used as daily eyewash to strengthen vision, counteract many eye defects and eliminate redness and soreness.
    • They were right there, got the eyewash out, and got me cleaned up and on my way.
    • Lillie Tilley, who lives half a block from the fence line, gets eyewash by the boxful at the local dollar store.
    • You might want to keep some good antiseptic eyewash on hand for afterwards though - this is sure to irritate your eyes which might lead to an infection.
    • The finely filtered decoction can be used as a morning eyewash.
    • If ground basil is all that is available in your area, it can be used for all of the above problems EXCEPT as an eyewash!
    • The publisher of the Miami Herald, visiting New York, hands out eyewash and alcohol swabs, unloads trash bins, refills a huge coffee urn.
    • That eyewash quickly eased Richardson's discomfort, and, after 15 minutes of flushing, he was ready for transport to medical.
    • These include fire extinguishers, decontamination showers, eyewash stations, chemical drainage grates and positive-pressure ventilation systems.
  • 2informal Insincere talk; nonsense.

    〈非正式〉虚伪的话;胡说,空话

    all that stuff about blood being thicker than water was a lot of eyewash

    有关血浓于水的那套说辞纯粹是一派胡言。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Or are these guys just spouting eyewash that they have no real basis for believing?
    • In the past 18 years, there have been as many commissions, each one of them an eyewash.
    • Reservation of screens should not end up being just an eyewash.
    • I want to fill you in on a few of the details so you won't think this is the usual election year eyewash.
    • The eyewash of the trial of the accused US marine is really a farce.
    • The whole concept of a ‘benevolent dictatorship’ is an eyewash.
    • This eyewash is integral to the whole imperial project of the ‘civilising mission’, a kind of experience that lends support to the benevolence of western powers.
    • If Stephenson, who writes at enormous length, is considered to be such a hotshot then do we have to admit that the suggested general rule is a load of eyewash?
    • Ardent bikers feel that all the action in the two-wheeler market is only an eyewash.
    • Official claims that the majority of Turks are well integrated here are pure eyewash.
    • They assumed that this inquiry would be an eyewash and they would be let go scot free.
    Synonyms
    prattle, chatter, twitter, babble, talk, prating, gabble, jabber, blether, rambling

Rhymes

Siwash

Definition of eyewash in US English:

eyewash

noun
  • 1Cleansing solution for a person's eye.

    洗眼液

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This medication can be used as daily eyewash to strengthen vision, counteract many eye defects and eliminate redness and soreness.
    • You might want to keep some good antiseptic eyewash on hand for afterwards though - this is sure to irritate your eyes which might lead to an infection.
    • Coptis, which is yellow, is used as an eyewash for the inflammation of the eye lid.
    • These include fire extinguishers, decontamination showers, eyewash stations, chemical drainage grates and positive-pressure ventilation systems.
    • The finely filtered decoction can be used as a morning eyewash.
    • If ground basil is all that is available in your area, it can be used for all of the above problems EXCEPT as an eyewash!
    • To make your own eyewash, simply dilute five drops of a tincture of goldenseal, an antibacterial herb, in warm water.
    • Lillie Tilley, who lives half a block from the fence line, gets eyewash by the boxful at the local dollar store.
    • They were right there, got the eyewash out, and got me cleaned up and on my way.
    • He also procured over $1,000 worth of safety equipment for shop personnel (fire extinguishers, face shields, ear plugs, eyewash solution, and other housekeeping items).
    • Ewart points to the inclusion of a fume hood and eyewash station as important to the overall safety factor.
    • The resultant tea is used to sprinkle over the eyes or used in an eyewash in an eyecup that can be readily purchased at most drug stores.
    • Another lineup of tables offers eyewash, footpads, hand creams, aspirins and other health items.
    • That eyewash quickly eased Richardson's discomfort, and, after 15 minutes of flushing, he was ready for transport to medical.
    • The publisher of the Miami Herald, visiting New York, hands out eyewash and alcohol swabs, unloads trash bins, refills a huge coffee urn.
  • 2informal Insincere talk; nonsense.

    〈非正式〉虚伪的话;胡说,空话

    their rhetoric about reducing intrusive federal rules is so much eyewash
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I want to fill you in on a few of the details so you won't think this is the usual election year eyewash.
    • The whole concept of a ‘benevolent dictatorship’ is an eyewash.
    • Ardent bikers feel that all the action in the two-wheeler market is only an eyewash.
    • Reservation of screens should not end up being just an eyewash.
    • They assumed that this inquiry would be an eyewash and they would be let go scot free.
    • In the past 18 years, there have been as many commissions, each one of them an eyewash.
    • Or are these guys just spouting eyewash that they have no real basis for believing?
    • Official claims that the majority of Turks are well integrated here are pure eyewash.
    • This eyewash is integral to the whole imperial project of the ‘civilising mission’, a kind of experience that lends support to the benevolence of western powers.
    • If Stephenson, who writes at enormous length, is considered to be such a hotshot then do we have to admit that the suggested general rule is a load of eyewash?
    • The eyewash of the trial of the accused US marine is really a farce.
    Synonyms
    prattle, chatter, twitter, babble, talk, prating, gabble, jabber, blether, rambling
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