astringency
[ә'strindʒәnsi]
n. 敛性, 涩味, 严厉

[医] 敛[]

1. Some astringency is inherent in tea, but green tea is more astringent than black.
   程敛性茶固，而茶茶涩。
2. It is superior to traditional Multiple Regression's calculating model and GP in model′ s astringency and predict accuracy.
   该模型敛性预测准确等优传统元回GP险评模型。
3. When kidney-qi is sufficient and its astringency is right, the urinary bladder will open and close regularly, thus maintaining normal water metabolism.
   肾气足，固摄，膀胱合，而维液正常谢。

astringency
[ noun ]

1. a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker

<noun.cognition>

2. the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids

<noun.attribute>

Astringency \As*trin"gen*cy\ ([a^]s*tr[i^]n"jen*s[y^]), n.
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the
parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other
substances which causes contraction of the organic textures;
as, the astringency of tannin.