storax
storax — 名詞
1. A thick, sweet-smelling balsam taken from bark of Liquidambar orientalis, an Asi
蘇合香
取自亞洲楓香樹皮，用於藥品和香水
A thick, sweet-smelling balsam taken from bark of Liquidambar orientalis, an Asian tree; used in cough medicines and perfume-making.
Ancient Egyptian temples kept jars of storax for their most important ceremonies.
古埃及神廟保存蘇合香罐，用於最重要的儀式。
historical context: storax in religious ceremonies
The old apothecary sold storax as a remedy for stubborn winter coughs.
老藥房出售蘇合香，作為治療頑固冬季咳嗽的藥方。
Dahlia, a perfumer in Grasse, prized storax for the warm, deep note it added to her winter fragrances.
格拉斯調香師 Dahlia 珍視蘇合香，因其為她的冬季香水增添溫暖深沉的香調。
Silk Road traders carried dried blocks of storax from Anatolia all the way to the perfume markets of Chang'an.
絲路商人將乾燥的蘇合香塊從安納托利亞一路運往長安的香料市場。
Cyrus dabbed a drop of pure storax balsam onto the cotton cloth before inhaling deeply.
Cyrus 將一滴純蘇合香脂點在棉布上，然後深深吸了一口氣。
- liquid storax
an older name, emphasising its semi-liquid form
- Levant storax
historical trade name, referring to its Eastern Mediterranean origin
用法筆記
Also called 'liquid storax' or 'Levant storax' in older texts. The balsam is tapped directly from the tree trunk rather than distilled from leaves or twigs.
常見錯誤
2. A balsam collected from sweet gum trees (Liquidambar styraciflua) of North Ameri
北美楓香脂
取自北美楓香樹，性質類似亞洲蘇合香
A balsam collected from sweet gum trees (Liquidambar styraciflua) of North America, with qualities much like those of the Asian storax.
Colonial farmers in Virginia learned to tap sweet gum trees for their storax.
維吉尼亞的殖民農民學會從楓香樹採集楓香脂。
collocation: tap [tree] for storax
Lauren held the brown bottle of American storax to her nose and breathed in deeply.
Lauren 將北美楓香脂的棕色瓶子湊到鼻前，深深吸了一口氣。
sensory context: smelling American storax from a bottle
Wei scraped a bead of storax from the trunk of a sweet gum tree near the Altamaha River.
Wei 從阿爾塔馬哈河附近一棵楓香樹的樹幹上刮下一滴楓香脂。
The herbalist poured thick American storax from the clay jar into a small glass bottle.
藥草師將濃稠的北美楓香脂從陶罐倒入一個小玻璃瓶中。
The Cherokee healer mixed storax from sweet gum bark with bear fat to make a salve for deep wounds.
切羅基醫者將楓香樹皮的樹脂與熊脂混合，製成治療深層傷口的藥膏。
- American storax
common name emphasising its North American origin
- sweet gum balsam
descriptive name referring to the source tree
用法筆記
Sometimes called 'American storax' to distinguish it from the Asian variety (sense 1). It comes from a different tree species but is used in similar ways — mainly in perfumery and traditional medicine.
3. Any tree or shrub of the genus Styrax, typically having leaves covered in fine h
安息香屬
葉有絨毛、開白色垂吊花的喬木或灌木
Any tree or shrub of the genus Styrax, typically having leaves covered in fine hairs and hanging clusters of white flowers.
The old storax tree in the botanical garden flowered heavily this spring.
植物園裡那棵老安息香樹今年春天開滿了花。
Several species of storax grow wild on the mountain slopes of southern Japan.
數種安息香屬植物在日本南部的山坡上野生生長。
The hairy leaves of the storax shrub give the whole plant a soft, silvery look.
安息香灌木的絨毛葉子使整株植物呈現柔和的銀色外觀。
Bees crowded around the drooping white flowers of the storax on that warm afternoon.
在那個溫暖的午後，蜜蜂群聚在安息香垂吊的白色花朵周圍。
The nursery workers planted young storax shrubs beside the stone wall, hoping for white flowers next spring.
苗圃工人沿著石牆種下安息香小灌木，期盼明年春天開出白色花朵。
用法筆記
The plant genus Styrax includes over 100 species. Despite the shared name, the commercial balsam called storax (senses 1 and 2) comes mainly from Liquidambar trees, not from Styrax plants.