astringent /əˈstrɪnʤənt/ adjective Learner's definition of ASTRINGENT
[more astringent; most astringent]
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medical : causing body tissues (such as skin) to tighten收敛性的；止血的 —
used to describe a liquid or lotion that makes the skin less oily or that helps to stop a cut from bleeding用于描述能使皮肤不油腻或使伤口止血的液体或乳液 2
: having a sharp or bitter quality涩味的 3
: very critical in a sharp and often clever way尖刻的 -
Her speech included some astringent [=caustic, biting] comments about the other candidate.她的话里带着对另一位候选人的冷嘲热讽。
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an astringent critic of modern movies一个尖刻的现代电影评论家
— astringency
/əˈstrɪnʤənsi/ noun [noncount]
— astringent
noun, plural astringents medical [count]