单词 | wool |
释义 | wool /wul; wul/ n [U] 1 soft hair of sheep, goats and some other animals (eg the llama and alpaca); thread, yarn, cloth, clothing, made from this: 羊毛; 骆马毛; 羊驼毛; 毛线; 绒线; 毛织品; 毛料衣服: wear ~ (ie clothing made of ~) next to the skin; 贴身穿毛料衣服; tht '~ trade; 羊毛业; ' ~ merchants; 辛毛商人; imports of ~ from Australia; 从澳洲进口辛毛; 'knitting- ~, ~ yarn for knitting. 毛线; 绒线。 dyed in the ~, dyed bef ore spinning and weaving; (fig) thorough; complete: 在纺织以前即染色的; 生染 、的; (喻)彻底的; 道地的; 不可改变的: a dyed-in-the- ~ Tory, person who is strongly convinced that Tory principles, etc are the best. 死硬的英国保守党员。 much cry and little ~, much talk with little result; fuss about trifles. 说的多做的少; 雷声大雨点小; 为小事而大惊小怪 opull the , ~ over sb's eyes, deceive or trick him 欺骗或玩弄某人。 ' ~- gathering adj, n absent-minded(ness). 心不在焉(的)。 the '~sack, ~-stuffed cushion on which the Lord Chancellor sits in the House of Lords: 英国上议院议长(兼大法官)的席位: reach the ~ sack, become Lord Chancellor. 肤任上议院议长(兼大法官)。 2 material similar in appearance or texture to ~; 似羊毛之物; cotton- ~, raw cotton (US 美 - cotton-batting). 生棉。 3 (person's) thick curly hair. (人的)卷曲的 lose one's ~, (col-loq) get angry. (() 发怒。 ~len (US 美 =~en) /'wulan; 'wuhn/ attrib adj made of ~: 羊毛制的: Ten cloth/blankets; 呢概(毛毯); of ~ fabrics: 毛织品的: ~ len manufacturers/merchants. 毛织品制造者(商人)。 ~ lens (US 美 = ~ens) n pl ~len fabrics; cloth, flannel, blankets, etc, made of ~. 毛织品; 毛制的绒布、法兰械、毯子等。 ~ly (US also ~ y) /'wuli; 'wuh/ adj (-ier, -iest) 1 covered with, made of, looking like, ~: 覆满羊毛或卷曲厚发的; 羊毛制的; 像羊毛的: ~B hair; M 曲的厚发; a ~ 0 coat. 羊毛制的上装。 2 (fig, of the mind, ideas, arguments) confused, not clear; not incisive. (喻, 指头脑,观念,论点)模糊的; 不清楚的; 不透澈的。 d n (pl -lies) (colloq) ~len garment, esp a sweater: (俗)毛织衣服; (尤指)毛线衫: an extra ~ly on when you go out. 外出时多加一件毛线衣。 |
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