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cotton gin

n.轧棉机,轧花机

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cotton gin


'cotton gin
n[C]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: gin 'machine' 1300-1400 From Old French engin 'engine']
a machine that separates the seeds of a cotton plant from the cotton
1. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
    当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时,我总算有可能告诉他,他拔错了牙。

2. The gin tastes as bland as water.
    这种杜松子酒味道淡得像水。

3. The wooden ball is heavier than the cotton one.
    木球比棉球要重.

4. He likes sloe gin.
    他喜欢喝黑刺李酒。

5. He is a cotton grower.
    他是个棉农。

6. He is a cotton planter.
    他是个棉花种植场主。

7. Here too cotton is grown, for which Egypt is rightly famous.
    这里也种植棉花,埃及正是以盛产棉花而闻名遐迩。

8. He put a large quantity of vermouth, both sweet and dry, into a pitcher of ice, added a smaller amount of gin, stirred the concoction rapidly, and poured it out.
    他把大量味美思酒,甜酒和干酿都有,倒入一个盛着冰块儿的大水罐中,加了少量的杜松子酒,快速将混合物调和,然后再倒出来。

9. "They're seated cross-legged on a rug, dressed in loose white cotton shirts and large black trousers, with fabric around their waists that has been dyed bright red.
    "他们盘着腿坐在小地毯上,身着宽松的白色棉布衬衫和肥大的黑裤,腰系染成鲜红色的布带。

10. She acquired a cargo of 3265 elephant tusks, 3700 pounds of beeswax, 800 pounds of raw Gambian cotton, 32 ounces of Gambian gold and — most valued of all — 140 slaves.
    该船装载了3265根象牙、3700磅重的蜂蜡、800磅重的冈比亚原棉、32盎司的冈比亚黄金和——最为值钱的东西——140个奴隶。

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