lozenge

Word family

1 DFFMDa small flat sweet, especially one that contains medicine 〔尤指含有药物的〕糖片，糖锭，药糖

a cough lozenge

止咳糖

2. HMa shape similar to a square, with two angles of less than 90° opposite each other and two angles of more than 90° opposite each other 菱形

Examples from the Corpus

lozenge• He covered my newest wound with a swab of alcohol and a lozenge of gauze.• It was April, and a lozenge of sunlight lay across his carpet.• The oral shield is variable ranging from a lozenge to a flattened triangle.• The walls were of plaster, painted soft green and decorated with silver and gold lozenges.• The results were promising, showing that in 100 people the lozenges appeared to reduce cold symptoms and duration by 42 percent.• A heavy door swung open and a figure beckoned them into a warm lozenge of light.

Origin lozenge

(1300-1400) Old French losange

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

BNC: 24519 COCA: 22913

lozenge

Shapes with many angles: chevron, cross, cube...