Worsted
['wʊstɪd]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns 'he wore a worsted suit'.
(noun.) a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool.
整理:佩吉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p.) of Worst
(n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.
(n.) Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.
錄入:纳塔莉亚
解釋/意思:
n. twisted thread or yarn spun out of long combed wool: woollen yarn for ornamental needlework.—adj. made of worsted yarn.—n. Worst′ed-work needlework done with worsted.
阿方索整理
例句/造句/用法:
- And after this cry and strife the sun may rise and see him worsted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I'm being scorched in the legs, which indeed is testified to the noses of all present by the smell of his worsted stockings. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- She gave him one glassy kiss, and four stiff fingers muffled in worsted. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Bob, I believe you are worsted, and you deserve it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She worked that worsted day and night, or other pieces like it. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Lady Crawley is always knitting the worsted. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I made it like those Beth invented, a big butterfly with a fat body, and black and yellow wings, worsted feelers, and bead eyes. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He wanted to see me worsted (I knew he did), and one minute he paused to take breath. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- In fact, it was a little battle between the young lady and the old one, and the latter was worsted. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Everybody dawdled that morning, and it was noon before the girls found energy enough even to take up their worsted work. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- They outnumbered me, and I was worsted and under their feetbut, as yet, I was not dead. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- One peculiarity of his black clothes and of his black stockings, be they silk or worsted, is that they never shine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- If my last combat is now about to be fought, and I am to be worsted--so let it be! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- In the same islands, they knit worsted stockings to the value of a guinea a pair and upwards. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- There's a demand for socks just now, added Jo, waving hers like a big blue worsted banner as they parted at the gate. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- We can't reason from our feelings to those of this class of persons, said the other lady, sorting out some worsteds on her lap. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
校對:路易斯