talcum powder

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Why This Works: Talcum powder, an ingredient in both chalk and baby powder, is a natural ant repellent.
为何如此：滑石粉是粉笔和婴儿爽身粉的组分之一，它是天然的蚂蚁排斥物。
When I returned to Auja in early May, its spring had been reduced toa trickle, leaving the village as dry as a fistful of talcum powder.
五月初，当我回到奥贾时，它的泉水已经减少为涓涓细流，使这座村庄像爽身粉一样干燥。
The reporters from Xinjiang who stumbled on the factory last week described a place where men in tattered clothing ground rocks by hand to produce sand and talcum powder.
上周无意中发现这家无良工厂的一些新疆本地记者介绍说，这家工厂的工人衣衫褴褛，站在岩石上用手工加工砂粒和滑石粉。

He ventured far beyond mainstays, selling talcum powder in India, margarine in South Korea and fashion eyewear in Italy.
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She wanted to run from this nasty room, which was cold like a refrigerator but smelled of something sweet, sickish—like talcum powder and sweat—but Molina detained her.
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The police protested: since the revellers thronging the streets would be dousing anyone they came across with water and talcum powder, surely the police had a right to defend themselves in kind?
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a powder, usually having a pleasant smell, put on the skin to make it feel smooth or to help it stay dry

Talcum powder is fine powder with a pleasant smell which people put on their bodies to keep their skin dry after washing.