floss

FREQ #16240

n. 丝棉, 乱丝

发音

UK /flɒs/
US /flɔs/
US /flɑs/

词形变化

flosses 复数 flossed flosses 三单 flosses flossing flossing 现在分词 flossed 过去式 flossed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.

    牙线

    齿线

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Raw silk fibres.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.

    可数 不可数

    embroidery floss

  5. 5.

    Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    A body feather of an ostrich.

    可数 不可数

    Flosses are soft, and grey from the female and black from the male.

  7. 7.

    A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.

    可数 不可数
  8. 1.

    A small stream of water.

    英国
  9. 2.

    Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.

  10. 1.

    The common rush (Juncus effusus).

    苏格兰
v.
  1. 1.

    To clean the area between (the teeth) using floss.

    及物/不及物

    I don't floss very often.

    I floss my teeth twice a day.

  2. 2.

    To show off, especially by exhibiting one's wealth or talent.

    俚语 非裔美国英语
  3. 3.

    To perform the floss dance move.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

dental floss

上位词 2

thread yarn

下位词 1

filoselle
动词

上位词 2

clean cleanse

相关短语

floss silk floss hole floss silks floss holes floss pick floss picks fairy floss candy floss n. 棉花糖, 不切实际的主意 dental floss 洁牙线 [医] 牙线 butt floss meat floss pork floss Persian fairy floss ass floss

词源

Unclear: * Possibly from French floche (“tuft of wool”), from floc, from Old French flosche (“down, velvet”), from Latin floccus (“piece of wool”), probably from Frankish *flokkō (“down, wool, flock”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkô (“down, piece of wool, flock”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”). * Or, from Middle English *flos (attested in Middle English Flosmonger (a surname)), from Proto-West Germanic *fleus, related to English fleece. Cognate with Old High German flocko (“down”), Middle Dutch vlocke (“flock”), Norwegian dialectal flugsa (“snowflake”), Dutch flos (“plush”) (tr=17c.).

来源：wiktionary