cotton wool

原棉；脱脂棉，药棉

noun

1. soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

Synonym: cottoncotton fiber

1. (尤指在皮肤上擦液体或护肤霜时用的)药棉，脱脂棉
Cotton wool is a soft mass of cotton, used especially for applying liquids or creams to your skin.

Cotton wool and sticky tape (enough for one Santa beard each).(脱脂棉和胶带纸(足够我们每人做一个圣诞老人的胡子)。)

She needed some cotton wool to treat her wound.(她需要一些药棉来处理伤口。)

He dabbed the wound on her arm gently with cotton wool.(他用药棉轻擦她胳膊上的伤口。)

When that is done they wrap it in carded cotton wool.(当这都做好了他们用羊毛和棉毛布包裹好。)

I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool.(我想说点什么，但我嘴里塞满了药棉。)

Teacher: Boy, why have you got cotton wool in your ear? Is it infected?(老师：孩子，你为什么把棉球放在耳朵里？耳朵感染了吗？)

One family even saved the small plugs of cotton wool in the tops of Aspirin bottles.(有个家庭甚至将塞在阿司匹林瓶子顶部的小块棉絮都存了下来。)

When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.(当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时，我总算有可能告诉他，他拔错了牙。)

My legs feel like cotton wool.(我感觉两条腿像棉花一样。)

She used cotton wool to swab her wounds when they bled.(伤口渗出来的血水需要棉花来抹掉。)