lotionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 locion, borrowed from Latin lōtiō, lōtiōnem (“a washing”), from lavō (“to wash”); see lave. Doublet of lavation.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈloʊʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈləʊʃən/
• 韻: -əʊʃən

名詞

lotion (usually uncountable, plural lotions)

1. A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.

   sun-tan lotion

2. (archaic) A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification.

同意語

• lavatory

派生語

派生した語

• → Swahili: losheni

参考

• cream (generally thicker than a lotion)

動詞

lotion (third-person singular simple present lotions, present participle lotioning, simple past and past participle lotioned)

1. (transitive) To cover or treat with a lotion.

   Synonym: lotion up

   • 2005, Ryan Phillips, Fall from Grace, page 52:

     Grace lotions her arms and legs and joins him in the large walk-in closet where they change out of their clothes and into their pajamas—loose-fitting cotton bottoms for Mike and a lace-trimmed baby doll nightie for Grace.

   • 2011, Jeanne Starr Gater, Bring Back Summertime, page 89:

     I would finish my daily ranging session by lotioning his legs, and lotioning and rubbing his feet.

Further reading

• “lotion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “lotion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• lootin', otolin