arnica

arnica — noun

1. a yellow-flowered mountain plant, and the cream, gel, or oil prepared from its f

1.名詞C2
釋義

a yellow-flowered mountain plant, and the cream, gel, or oil prepared from its flowers, which people rub on the skin to ease pain and swelling from bruises and small injuries.

例句

Farouk rubbed arnica cream on her knee after she slipped on the hiking trail.

collocation: arnica cream rubbed on bruise

The pharmacist in Geneva recommended arnica gel for the bruise on Lena's elbow.

collocation: recommend arnica for bruises

同義詞
  • wolfsbane

    an older folk name for the same plant; rare in modern medical contexts

  • leopard's bane

    another traditional English name; sometimes used on herbal product labels

文法句型

arnica cream

arnica gel

arnica ointment

用法筆記

Usually uncountable when referring to the medicine (a tube of arnica, some arnica), but countable when referring to the plant itself (an arnica, several arnicas). Often used attributively before another noun: arnica cream, arnica gel, arnica oil.

常見錯誤

❌I drank arnica for my bruise.
✅I rubbed arnica on my bruise.
💡arnica is applied to the skin, not swallowed; taking it by mouth in strong doses can be toxic.
❌She bought an arnica at the pharmacy.
✅She bought some arnica at the pharmacy.
💡when meaning the medicine, treat it as uncountable.