Wool

[wʊl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) outer coat of especially sheep and yaks.

(noun.) a fabric made from the hair of sheep.

(noun.) fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving.

整理:梅纳德--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.

(n.) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

(n.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.

整理:帕斯夸里

解釋/意思:

n. the soft curly hair of sheep and other animals: short thick hair: any light fleecy substance resembling wool.—n. Wool′ball a ball of wool such as is sometimes found in a sheep's stomach.—adj. Wool′-bear′ing bearing or yielding wool.—ns. Wool′-card′ing the process of separating the fibres of wool preparatory to spinning; Wool′-comb′er one whose occupation is to comb wool in order to disentangle and straighten out the fibres; Wool′-comb′ing; Wool′-drī′ver one who buys up wool for a market.—adj. Wool′-dyed dyed before spinning or weaving.—ns. Wool′fat lanolin; Wool′fell the skin with the wool still on it; Wool′-gath′ering indulgence of idle fancies.—adj. dreamy: listless.—n. Wool′-grow′er one who raises sheep for the production of wool.—adj. Wool′len made of or pertaining to wool: clad in wool rustic.—n. cloth made of wool.—ns. Wool′len-cord a ribbed stuff the face all of wool; Wool′len-drā′per one who deals in woollen goods; Wool′liness.—adjs. Wool′ly consisting of or like wool: clothed with wool; Wool′ly-haired -head′ed having the hair like wool.—ns. Wool′ly-pas′tinum a kind of red orpiment; Wool′man a dealer in wool; Wool′-mill a building for the spinning of wool and the weaving of woollen cloth; Wool′pack the package in which wool was formerly done up for sale: a bundle weighing 240 lb.: cirro-cumulus cloud; Wool′-pack′er; Wool′-pick′er a machine for cleaning wool; Wool′sack the seat of the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords being a large square sack of wool covered with scarlet; Wool′sey a material made of cotton and wool.—n.pl. Wool′-shears shears used in shearing sheep.—ns. Wool′-sort′er one who sorts wool according to quality &c.; Wool′-stā′ple the fibre or pile of wool; Wool′-stā′pler a wool-factor: a wool-sorter.—adv. Wool′ward (Shak.) in wool as a penance.—ns. Wool′-wind′er one who bundles wool for packing; Wool′work needlework imitative of tapestry.—Wool-sorters' disease (see Anthrax).—Angora wool the wool of the Angora goat; Berlin-wool a kind of fine-dyed wool used for worsted work.

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