salve
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A creamy product that you apply to your skin, especially when it is hurt or sore, to help heal or protect it.
I applied a salve to the burn to ease the pain.
我在燒傷處塗了藥膏以緩解疼痛。
To do something to make yourself feel better about doing something wrong.
He bought her flowers to salve his guilt for forgetting her birthday.
他給她買了花來減輕因忘記她的生日而感到的內疚。