castoreum

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes. countable,uncountable
    — One of the substances tried was castoreum.[…]If I were to judge from my own experience, I would say castoreum has very little therapeutic power, for I have not seen much benefit from its employment in those cases to which this remedy is said to be adapted.
  2. A hat made from beaver fur. archaic,countable,uncountable

词形变化

castoreums plural castorea plural castorium alternative

词汇关系

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Castoreum

词源

From Latin castoreum, from Ancient Greek καστόριον (kastórion).
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