as·trin·gent /-ʤənt/
 收斂劑(a.)收斂性的,嚴酷的,澀的


 as·trin·gent /əˈstrɪnʤənt/ 形容詞
 收斂劑,收斂的,澀味的


 As·trin·gent a.
 1. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
 2. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.


 As·trin·gent, n. A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
    External astringents are called styptics.   --Dunglison.

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 astringent
      adj 1: sour or bitter in taste [syn: acerb, acerbic, sharp]
      2: tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue;
         "astringent cosmetic lotions" [ant: nonastringent]
      n : a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
          [syn: astringent drug, styptic]