muslin

FREQ #42920

n. 平纹细布, 麦斯林纱

发音

其它 /ˈmʌz.lɪn/

词形变化

muslins 复数 muslins

别名

muselin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

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  2. 2.

    Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.

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  3. 3.

    Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.

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  4. 4.

    Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.

    美国 不可数
  5. 5.

    A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.

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  6. 6.

    Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.

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  7. 7.

    Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

material cloth fabric textile

下位词 3

nainsook organdie organdy

相关短语

buke muslin book muslin butter muslin paper muslin bit of muslin bits of muslin

词源

From French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq (compare 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 p1502: "Muslins are so called from Moussol in India."). Doublet of mousseline.

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