absorbent
[əb'sɔrbənt]
a.

n. 剂

[] 剂; ; 领

[医] , 剂

1. A piece of cloth or absorbent paper used at table to protect the clothes or wipe the lips and fingers.
   巾铺桌护擦嘴指块布纸
2. A small, flat absorbent pad used to medicate, drain, or protect a wound or sore.
   拭，垫、排干护伤口痛性扁块
3. A coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric used especially for toweling.
   浮松布种性糙棉亚麻织，尤毛巾

absorbent
[ noun ]

1. a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance

<noun.substance>

[ adj ]

1. having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)

<adj.all>
as absorbent as a sponge

Absorbent \Ab*sorb"ent\, a. [L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere.]
Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

{Absorbent ground} (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture,
chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil
is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.


Absorbent \Ab*sorb"ent\, n.
1. Anything which absorbs.

The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat. --Darwin.

2. (Med.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid
fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.;
also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the
absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated
parts.

3. pl. (Physiol.) The vessels by which the processes of
absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals,
the extremities of the roots in plants.