souple

[纺]半练丝

发音

/ˈsuːpəl/

词形变化

souples 复数 souples

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A swipple; the part of a flail that strikes the grain.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue.

词源

Borrowed from Middle Scots sowpill, from Middle English swepels, from swepen + -els; a doublet of swipple.

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