topical

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɒp.ɪ.kəl/    美 /ˈtɑ.pɪ.kəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A substance, especially a medication, applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
    — Small amounts of potent ingredients can, in theory, mean far less skin irritation, as one might get with a one-time high dose of retinol. And with topicals, there is a more uniform delivery of product to the skin’s surface.
  2. A substance, especially a medication, applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).; A topical anaesthetic.
  3. A joke dealing with current events or topical subjects.
    — You can’t do a show at an audience – you have to do a show with an audience and structure the act so that you start with the “hello” gags, then the topicals, then the surreal stuff.
  4. A postage stamp depicting a particular theme or subject (such as birds or trains), potentially sought out by topical stamp collectors.
    — beautiful Pictorials, topicals, commemoratives, airmails. Introductory selection 40% discount. Ralph Rice, 15 Longlane, West Hartford 7, Conn.
形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to a particular topic or subject.
    — The book is divided into topical chapters.
  2. Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.
    — Fair trade has become quite a topical issue.
  3. Local to a particular place.
  4. Applied to a localized part of the body. not-comparable
  5. Applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye). not-comparable
    — Terbinafine is available in 250 mg tablets and in a topical 1% ointment. There is no parenteral form available.
  6. Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.

词形变化

more topical comparative most topical superlative topicals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
atopical hodotopical nontopical orthotopical ototopical phonotopical polytopical retinotopical subtopical topicalisation topicality topicalize topically untopical
相关词
toponymic

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English topic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English topical
From topic + -al.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English topic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English topical
From topic + -al.
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