whole cloth

短语

整幅布

发音

AU

词形变化

whole cloths 复数 whole cloths

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A newly made textile which has not yet been cut.

    可数 不可数 商务 工程
  2. 2.

    The fictitious material from which complete fabrications, lies with no basis in truth, are made.

    比喻 不可数 可数

    Mr. Doe's account of the accident was made from whole cloth.

  3. 3.

    Something made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else.

    比喻 不可数 可数

    The plans for the widget were drawn from whole cloth.

adv.
  1. 1.

    In full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additions.

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