词汇 | carminative |
词根词缀 | 词源: 1665, from L. carminat-, pp. stem of carminare "to card." "A medical term from the old theory of humours. The object of carminatives is to expel wind, but the theory was that they dilute and relax the gross humours from whence the wind arises, combing them out like knots in wool." [Hensleigh Wedgwood, "A Dictionary of English Etymology," 1859-65] |
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