Hemp
[hemp] or [hɛmp]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.
(n.) The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp.
整理:纳特
解釋/意思:
n. a plant with a fibrous bark used for cordage coarse cloth &c.: the fibrous rind prepared for spinning.—adj. Hemp′en made of hemp.—ns. Hemp′-nett′le a coarse bristly annual weed of the labiate family; Hemp′-palm a palm of China and Japan the fibre of the leaves of which is much employed for making cordage—hats cloaks and other garments are also made from it; Hemp′-seed Mrs Quickly's word for homicide (Shak. 2 Henry IV. II. i. 64).—adj. Hemp′y like hemp: roguish: romping.—n. (Scot.) a rogue.—Hempen collar and caudle (Shak.) the hangman's noose; Hempen widow the widow of a man who has been hanged.
校對:玛拉
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of hemp, denotes you will be successful in all undertakings, especially large engagements. For a young woman to dream that some accident befalls her through cultivating hemp, foretells the fatal quarrel and separation from her friend.
編輯:朱利叶斯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. A plant from whose fibrous bark is made an article of neckwear which is frequently put on after public speaking in the open air and prevents the wearer from taking cold.
手打:劳里
例句/造句/用法:
- Closing tarred Russian hemp cable, 15-3/4 inch circumference, for Argentine Battleship Rivadavia. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Later he took English patents on a machine for spinning flax, and on a new device for twisting hemp rope. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Manila hemp is obtained from the leaf stalks of the Philippine plant known as the Abacá, the leaf stems of which are compressed together, and constitute the trunk of the plant. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The central dots in the section are the conducting wires round which are the gutta percha and hemp, and the outer rim represents the iron wire casing. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- He is an ingenious fellow, too: he invented a machine for the cleaning of hemp--a really valuable affair; it's gone into use in several factories. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- This combed out the matted tow of the hemp into clean, straight fiber. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Among the fibers employed in rope making that of the hemp plant long held the supremacy, though in recent years it has been largely supplemented by other and stronger fibers. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The instrument used in spinning was a large wheel, turned by hand, and setting in motion a set of whirls or revolving spindles, which twisted the hemp by their motion. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It is fairly strong and has the advantage of being considerably lighter than hemp or Manila. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- There is the wire rope to consider, a kind of cordage now largely used in many industries, in which it has superseded hemp ropes and chains. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- American hemp was used, this softer fiber being spun by hand long after Manila hemp was spun by machines. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The string was, as usual, of hemp, except the lower end, which was silk. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Their nets were made of flax; they had as yet no knowledge of hemp and hempen rope. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- This fine copper cord is covered carefully with gutta percha; it is then coated with tarred hemp, and is protected externally by an iron wire rope, composed of numerous strands of fine wire. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- There are various other fibers known under the name of hemp, the New Zealand, African, Java, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
錄入:伦纳德