wool
noun /wʊl/
/wʊl/
[uncountable]Idioms (羊等的)绒,毛 - Sheep were kept for their wool and meat.
养羊是为了获取羊毛和肉。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
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- Sheep were kept for their wool and meat.
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毛线;绒线 - a ball of wool
一团毛线 - I bought knitting wool for a cardigan.
我买了毛线做开衫。 - She’s knitting a jumper in pure wool.
她正在用纯羊毛编织套头衫。 - She spun wool by hand to weave into clothing.
她手纺羊毛来织衣服。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- fine
- soft
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- ball
- skein
- produce
- spin
- card
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- merchant
- trade
- shop
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- a ball of wool
毛料;毛织物 - This scarf is 100% wool.
这条披肩是纯毛的。 - pure new wool
纯新毛料 - a wool blanket/sweater
羊毛毯;羊毛衫
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- fine
- soft
- …
- ball
- skein
- produce
- spin
- card
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- merchant
- trade
- shop
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see also cotton wool, dyed in the wool, lambswool, steel wool- This scarf is 100% wool.
词源Old English wull, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wol and German Wolle, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lana ‘wool’, vellus ‘fleece’.
Idioms
pull the wool over somebody’s eyes
- (informal) to hide your real actions or intentions from somebody by making them believe something that is not true
蒙蔽某人;欺骗某人