Ointment is a thick, soft stuff you rub into the skin, usually as medicine — for a burn, a rash, dry skin, or a cut the doctor wants to keep greasy and protected. It is thicker and oilier than a lotion, which is more watery, and often thicker than a cream. You buy it in a tube or a small tin at a pharmacy.

Ointment是 rubbed into the skin擦進皮膚裡的 a thick, soft stuff一種濃稠、軟軟的東西, usually as medicine通常是當藥用 — for a burn燒傷, a rash疹子, dry skin乾燥的皮膚, or a cut the doctor wants to keep greasy and protected或是醫生希望保持濕潤、有保護的傷口. It它 is thicker and oilier比較濃稠、比較油 than a lotion比乳液, which乳液 is more watery比較水, and它 often常常 thicker than a cream也比乳霜濃稠. You你 buy it在藥局買它 in a tube or a small tin用軟管或小罐裝 at a pharmacy.

There is an old saying, a fly in the ointment: one small thing that spoils something good. That fly is not sitting in your medicine; it is just a picture.

There is有 an old saying一句老話, a fly in the ointment藥膏裡的一隻蒼蠅: one small thing一件小事 that spoils something good把好事給搞砸了. That那隻蒼蠅 fly is not sitting in your medicine並不是真的在你的藥裡; it它 is just a picture只是一個比喻.

The word looks like oint plus -ment. It came from French, from a Latin word meaning 'I rub oil or cream on someone.' English already had salve for the same kind of thing, and we still use salve a little, but ointment is the usual word now.

The word這個字 looks like看起來像 oint plus -mentoint加上-ment. It它 came from源自 French法文, from a Latin word再往前是一個拉丁字 meaning 'I rub oil or cream on someone.'意思是「我把油或乳霜擦在某人身上」. English英文 already had本來就有 salve這個字salve for the same kind of thing指同一種東西, and而且 we我們 still仍然 use salve a little還會用一點salve, but不過 ointment現在ointment才是 is the usual word now常用的字.