Linen
['lɪnɪn]
解释:
(noun.) white goods or clothing made with linen cloth.
(noun.) a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant.
(noun.) a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish.
手打:托马斯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
(n.) Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
(n.) Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.
(n.) Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.
整理:奥拉
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Cloth of flax, flaxen fabric.[2]. Under garments.
以斯拉录入
解释:
n. cloth made of lint or flax: underclothing particularly that made of linen: articles of linen or of linen and cotton—table-linen bed-linen body-linen.—adj. made of flax: resembling linen cloth.—n. Lin′en-drap′er a merchant who deals in linens.
艾莉森编辑
娱乐性解释：
To see linen in your dream, augurs prosperity and enjoyment. If a person appears to you dressed in linen garments, you will shortly be the recipient of joyful tidings in the nature of an inheritance. If you are apparelled in clean, fine linen, your fortune and fullest enjoyment in life is assured. If it be soiled, sorrow and ill luck will be met with occasionally, mingled with the good in your life.
编辑:菲利普
娱乐性解释：
n. 'A kind of cloth the making of which when made of hemp entails a great waste of hemp. '—Calcraft the Hangman.
弗朗西丝编辑
例句:
- I am sorry that Miss Sutherland has troubled you about this little matter, for I think it is far better not to wash linen of the sort in public. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Jo in maroon, with a stiff, gentlemanly linen collar, and a white chrysanthemum or two for her only ornament. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- The above is sufficient for two pads, which should be made into an oblong or diamond shape, with linen or muslin, and worn over the pit of the stomach. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- But all natural fabrics, whether they come from plants, like cotton and linen, or from animals, like wool and silk, contain more or less coloring matter, which impairs the whiteness. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- A linen shirt, for example, is, strictly speaking, not a necessary of life. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Ford's was the principal woollen-draper, linen-draper, and haberdasher's shop united; the shop first in size and fashion in the place. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Twelfth Century Documents Written on Linen Paper still Extant. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Apply to burn, covering with linen or lint. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- I have traced her to a shop at Frizinghall, kept by a linen draper named Maltby. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Damp, but not wet linen, may possibly give colds; but no one catches cold by bathing, and no clothes can be wetter than water itself. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- I will _not_ prison it in the linen press to find shrouds among the sheets. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He had been wounded with some missiles from the crowd on the day of his capture, and his head was bandaged with a linen cloth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- She was as unconcerned at that contingency as a goddess at a lack of linen. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- They seem for the most part shabby in attire, dingy of linen, lovers of billiards and brandy, and cigars and greasy ordinaries. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- A stout, thin linen paper will produce the best results, but almost any kind will do. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
校对:桑福德