eyewash

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1. rửa mắt (bằng dung dịch nhiều nước để loại bỏ chất kích thích); dung dịch rửa mắt

   The washing out of the eyes with copious solution (usually water alone) to quickly remove an irritant, as for example in laboratories and industrial plants; the washing solution itself.

   countable · uncountable · usually

   an eyewash station on every floor of the building

   a bottle of eyewash

2. thuốc rửa mắt, nước rửa mắt (dịu nhẹ)

   A soothing medicated lotion for the eyes.

   countable · uncountable · usually

3. sự lừa dối, sự giả tạo, trò bịp bợm

   Something deceptive and superficially pleasing but without accurate or genuine substance: camouflage; disguise; false front; pretense; nonsense.

   figuratively · slang · uncountable · usually

   Near-synonyms: hogwash, whitewash, window dressing

   1989, Richard Fletcher, The Quest for El Cid, Hutchinson, p. 13. It is a reassuring patriotic myth; in short, for the historian, eyewash.

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• eyewashes plural