lotion

lo·tion /ˈləʊʃən $ ˈloʊ-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

DCBMDa liquid mixture that you put on your skin or hair to clean, soften, or protect it 〔抹在皮肤或头发上起清洁、软化或保护作用的〕洗液，洗剂；护肤液

suntan lotion

防晒露

Examples from the Corpus

lotion• If your tan starts fading, you can mix a fake tan cream with your body lotion.• I rub on soothing calamine lotion, then don a cotton turtleneck to keep myself from scratching.• Just leave lotion on for five minutes.• But after any kind of shave, use a moisturising lotion on your skin.• She performed a 200-peso, or $ 25, ritual cleansing with herbs, flowers, chiles and perfumed lotions.• One of the first suntan lotions was Bain de Soleil.• The streets of the resort were clotted with cars and smothered in the smell of fried food and sun tan lotion.• He poured the lotion on his fingers, then rubbed his fingers lightly over the bites.

Origin lotion

(1300-1400) Latin lotio “act of washing”, from lavare “to wash”

Chinese

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