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salve

noun
🔊/sælv/, 🔊/sɑːv/
🔊/sæv/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. a substance that you put on a wound or painful skin to help it to get better or to protect it 药膏；软膏；油膏see also lip salveTopics Social issuesc2
    Word OriginOld English sealfe (noun), sealfian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zalf and German Salbe.

salve

verb
🔊/sælv/, 🔊/sɑːv/
🔊/sæv/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they salve
🔊/sælv/, 🔊/sɑːv/
🔊/sæv/
he / she / it salves
🔊/sælvz/, 🔊/sɑːvz/
🔊/sævz/
past simple salved
🔊/sælvd/, 🔊/sɑːvd/
🔊/sævd/
past participle salved
🔊/sælvd/, 🔊/sɑːvd/
🔊/sævd/
-ing form salving
🔊/ˈsælvɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈsɑːvɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsævɪŋ/
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  1. salve your conscience to do something that makes you feel less guilty使良心得到宽慰；减轻内疚感
    • He took them presents to salve his conscience.他拿礼物来表达他的良心。
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySalve is used with these nouns as the object:
    • conscience
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    Word OriginOld English sealfe (noun), sealfian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zalf and German Salbe.