Flax

[flæks]

解释:

(noun.) plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem.

(noun.) fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric.

巴尔德手打--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed.

(n.) The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.

编辑:陌莉

解释:

n. the fibres of the plant Linum which are woven into linen cloth: the flax-plant.—ns. Flax′-comb a toothed instrument or heckle for cleaning the fibres of flax; Flax′-dress′er one who prepares flax for the spinner by the successive processes of rippling retting grassing breaking and scutching.—adj. Flax′en made of or resembling flax: fair long and flowing.—ns. Flax′-mill a mill for working flax into linen; Flax′-seed linseed; Flax′-wench a female who spins flax.—adj. Flax′y like flax: of a light colour.—New Zealand flax a valuable fibre quite different from common flax obtained from the leaf of Phormium tenax the flax lily or flax bush.

艾琳校对

娱乐性解释:

To see flax in a dream, prosperous enterprises are denoted.

校对:维多利亚

例句:

克拉丽莎校对

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