Leather
['leðə] or ['lɛðɚ]
解释:
(noun.) an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning.
(verb.) whip with a leather strap.
迭戈手打--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
(n.) The skin.
(v. t.) To beat, as with a thong of leather.
朱厄尔录入
解释:
n. the prepared skin of an animal tanned tawed or otherwise dressed.—adj. consisting of leather.—ns. Leath′er-cloth a textile fabric coated on one face with certain mixtures of a flexible nature when dry so as to resemble leather—called also American leather-cloth or simply American cloth; Leath′er-coat (Shak.) an apple with a rough coat or rind the golden russet; Leatherette′ cloth or paper made to look like leather; Leath′er-head a blockhead: an Australian bird with a bare head—called also Monk and Friar: Leath′ering a thrashing; Leath′er-jack′et one of various fishes; Leath′er-knife a knife of curved form for cutting leather.—adj. Leath′ern made or consisting of leather.—p.adj. Leath′er-winged (Spens.) having wings like leather.—adj. Leath′ery resembling leather: tough.—Fair leather leather not artificially coloured; Morocco leather (see Morocco); Patent leather leather with a finely varnished surface—also Japanned or Lacquered leather; Russia leather a fine brownish-red leather with a characteristic odour; Split leather leather split by a machine for trunk-covers &c.; White leather tawed leather having its natural colour.
整理:康拉德
娱乐性解释:
To dream of leather, denotes successful business and favorable engagements with women. You will go into lucky speculations if you dream that you are dressed in leather. Ornaments of leather, denotes faithfulness in love and to the home. Piles of leather, denotes fortune and happiness. To deal in leather, signifies no change in the disposition of your engagements is necessary for successful accumulation of wealth.
录入:希莉娅
例句:
- These got fairly to work at the beginning of the century, and the uses of machinery spread to the treatment of leather. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- No, no; it must be something else if he were really vexed, Ladislaw is a sort of gypsy; he thinks nothing of leather and prunella. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He heard the noise of a carbine scabbard slapping loosely and the creak of leather. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- The boy gathers up his change and has pulled the door open by a leather strap nailed to it for the purpose, when Venus cries out: 'Stop him! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He took a neat little leather case out of a drawer, and opening it he exhibited a number of shining instruments. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Leather Sewing Machines of Greenough and Corliss, 1842-43. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- They were best adapted to work on leather and in embroidering. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The soles had shed themselves bit by bit, and the upper leathers had broken and burst until the very shape and form of shoes had departed from them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The more delicate leathers are treated in this manner, those especially which are used for wash-leathers, kid gloves, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- This was tied across the saddle and at each end it was lashed to the stirrup leathers. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- I glanced down at the new patent leathers which I was wearing. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Out of the vay, young leathers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The oars were long and there were no leathers to keep them from slipping out. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- Ninety to one hundred days are required to tan bark leathers, while the chrome tannage is very quick and on the average requires only about three weeks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
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