linen
美音:
[´lınən
]英音:
[´lınən
]n.亚麻布,亚麻制品,亚麻纤维制成的优质纸 adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的
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linen
/'lɪnɪn; `lɪnɪn/
n [U]
1 cloth made of flax 亚麻布
*[attrib 作定语] linen handkerchiefs 亚麻手绢.
2 household articles (eg sheets, table-cloths, clothing) formerly made of this 日用织品(如床单、桌布、衣物等, 旧时多用亚麻制造)
*[attrib 作定语] a linen cupboard 日用织品柜.
3 (idm 习语) wash one's dirty linen in public => wash2.
linen
n[U][
Language: Old English;Origin:'made of flax', from lin
'flax']
sheets,
tablecloths etc
bed linen table linencloth made from the
flax plant, used to make high quality clothes, home decorations etc
a linen jacketold use underwear
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wash your dirty laundry/linenatdirty1 (7)
1. Everyone was curious to see those young men fresh from Europe, still wearing their white linen shirts and striped waistcoats and buckled shoes. 大家都好奇地看着这两个刚从欧洲来的青年人,他们俩人依然欧洲打扮,身穿雪白细麻衬衣,花条呢背心,带靴扣的皮靴。
2. When they managed to beg some from the local farmers, they had to filter it through linen to get rid of the filth it contained. 当他们设法从当地的农民那里乞求到一些水时,他们不得不用亚麻布来过滤掉里面的污物。
3. He accustomed to eating seven-course dinners and sleeping between fine linen sheets at home. 他习惯于在家里一餐吃7道菜和睡优质亚麻布床单.
4. She washed the dishes and the soiled linen, she took down the refuse to the street every morning, and brought up the water, stopping at each landing to get her breath. 她要洗锅刷碗,洗脏衣服,每天早上还把垃圾送到街上,再把水提上楼,在每段台阶都要停下来稍做喘息。
5. For men accustomed to eating seven-course dinners and sleeping between fine linen sheets at home, the change to the Alps must have been very hard indeed. 对于过惯了一顿饭吃7道菜、睡亚麻细布床单的人来说,变换一下生活环境来到阿尔卑斯山山区,那一定是很艰难的。
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