“astringency”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

astringency

释义

astringency|əˈstrɪndʒənsɪ|
Also 7 adstr-.
[f. astringent: see -ency.]
1. Astringent quality.
1601Holland Pliny II. 510 Astringencie of Vitrioll.1743tr. Heister's Surg. 46 Caustic Medicines, which act by their great astringency.1881A. Griffith in Sci. Gossip No. 203. 249 The astringency of tea is due to the tannin present.
†2. Astriction, astricted state. Obs.
1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 344 [It] gives a gentle astringency to the Membranous Parts.
3. fig. Harshness, sternness, austerity.
1823Galt Entail II. xix. 179 The doubtful credit of any wiser person might produce the same astringency.1865Draper Int. Devel. Europe xxi. 504 The lank-haired Puritan..his face corrugated with religious astringency.

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