rheum
rheum — 名詞
1. the thin, watery fluid that naturally forms around the eyes or inside the nose,
分泌物
眼睛或鼻子分泌的液體
the thin, watery fluid that naturally forms around the eyes or inside the nose, especially when a person has a cold, is crying, or has tired or irritated eyes.
After the long flight, Inês wiped a small amount of rheum from the corners of her eyes.
Inês 在長途飛行後，從眼角擦掉了一點分泌物。
collocation: wipe rheum from
The allergy medication helped reduce the rheum streaming from Jessica's nose and eyes.
過敏藥物幫助減少了從 Jessica 鼻子和眼睛流出的分泌物。
collocation: reduce rheum
Aaron rubbed his eyes, feeling the sticky rheum that had gathered while he slept.
Aaron 揉了揉眼睛，感覺到睡覺時積聚在眼角的黏稠分泌物。
The doctor examined the thick rheum and prescribed a course of antibiotics.
醫生檢查了那濃稠的分泌物，並開了一個療程的抗生素。
A thin layer of rheum coated the baby's lower eyelids after her nap.
寶寶午睡後，下眼瞼上覆蓋了一層薄薄的分泌物。
文法句型
rheum + from [body part]
rheum + in [body part]
用法筆記
Uncountable noun. Frequently appears in medical or clinical descriptions of eye or nasal secretions. More commonly encountered in its dried form as 'sleep' or 'eye crust' in everyday speech.
常見錯誤
2. a literary or poetic word for tears, used to suggest deep sadness, grief, or ten
淚水
詩文中用以指稱淚水
a literary or poetic word for tears, used to suggest deep sadness, grief, or tender emotion in formal or artistic writing.
In the old poem, the queen's rheum fell like rain upon her husband's tomb.
在那首古詩中，女王的淚水如雨水般落在丈夫的墳墓上。
literary use: rheum as tears of grief
The novelist described the widow's rheum staining the pages of the farewell letter.
小說家描述寡婦的淚水浸濕了那封訣別信的紙頁。
literary register
Critics praised how the play used rheum to symbolise loss and long-held regret.
評論家稱讚這部話劇如何用淚水來象徵失落與長久以來的悔恨。
Karim read the elegy and pictured the poet's rheum soaking the manuscript.
Karim 朗讀了那首輓歌，腦中浮現詩人的淚水浸透稿紙的景象。
Her rheum flowed freely as she recalled the childhood home she would never see again.
當她回想起再也見不到的童年家園時，她的淚水不斷流下。
- tears
the everyday word; rheum is a rare, elevated substitute used only in formal or poetic contexts
文法句型
rheum + as [symbol] + of [emotion]
用法筆記
Almost exclusively found in poetry, literary fiction, and formal historical texts. Avoid in everyday conversation or modern prose — use 'tears' instead. Distinguish from sense 1 (WATERY DISCHARGE), which is a neutral medical term; sense 2 carries a deliberate emotional and archaic flavour.