Corduroy
['kɔːdərɒɪ;-djʊ-] or ['kɔrdə'rɔi]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a road made of logs laid crosswise.
(verb.) build (a road) from logs laid side by side.
格雷西校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.
(n.) Trousers or breeches of corduroy.
(v. t.) To form of logs laid side by side.
校對:莫蒂默
解釋/意思:
n. a ribbed kind of fustian a cotton stuff made after the fashion of velvet: (pl.) trousers made of corduroy.—adj. made of corduroy.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Houston lived some distance from the town and generally went home late at night, having to pass through a dark cypress swamp over a corduroy road. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He was detained in his progress by having to repair and corduroy the roads, and rebuild the bridges. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He had small twinkling eyes, and a pock-marked face; wore a fur cap, a dark corduroy jacket, greasy fustian trousers, and an apron. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Fisk wore a velvet corduroy coat and a very peculiar vest. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It became necessary therefore to build corduroy roads every foot of the way as we advanced, to move our artillery upon. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- If you do, come down with me to Tom Corduroy's, in Castle Street Mews, and I'll show you such a bull-terrier as--Pooh! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- They sewed up those corduroys, tight as they were. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- There is a strange unwholesome smell upon the room, like mildewed corduroys, sweet apples wanting air, and rotten books. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- She said I had kept the parcel so long in the pockets of my corduroys, that the apple was unpleasantly warm. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- In the same early morning, I discovered a singular affinity between seeds and corduroys. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
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