woolly

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a. 羊毛制的, 模糊的, 似羊毛的, 蓬乱的

发音

AU /ˈwʊli/

词形变化

woollies 复数 woollier 比较级 woollier woolliest woolliest 最高级

别名

wooly

教材释义与例句

形容词

羊毛的；模糊的；似羊毛的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sweater or similar garment made of wool.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    A sheep not yet shorn.

    美国 俚语
  3. 3.

    A piece of woolwork.

  4. 1.

    A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.

    贬义
adj.
  1. 1.

    Made of wool.

    Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.

  2. 2.

    Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.

    woolly hair

    There was nothing left in the fruit bowl but a brown banana and a couple of woolly pears.

  3. 3.

    Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.

    比喻

    That's the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start.

  4. 4.

    Clothed in wool.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    Cross; irritable.

    古体 俚语

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 9

muddled wooly muzzy addled befuddled flocculent lanate woolly-headed wooly-minded

近义相关 5

soft confused hairy haired hirsute

相关短语

woolly mammoth 毛象 woolly bear n. 灯蛾毛虫 woolly worm woolly bears woolly worms woolly adelgid [网络] 羊毛贴 woolly back woolly backs woolly mammoths woolly rhinoceros 披毛犀 woolly hat woolly hats woolly rhino woolly rhinos woolly monkey 绒毛猴

词源

From Middle English wolly, equivalent to wool + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wullich (“woolly”), Dutch wollig (“woolly”), German wollig (“woolly”), Swedish ullig (“woolly”).

来源：wiktionary