LINEN, n. 'A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp.' -- Calcraft the Hangman.
— Ambrose Bierce  ·  No category

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linen ['lɪnɪn] 词频2 词根: /lə/
n. 亚麻布，亚麻线;家庭日用织品; adj. 亚麻的，亚麻布制的;
💡 李宁（谐音）：李宁运动服，可用 亚麻布 亚麻布由N条线(line)制成
"I'never seen a company washing dirty linen in public this way."
我从未见过一个公司这样揭自己的短.
近义：flax, flaxen
kind [kaɪnd] 词频1 词根: /kin/
n. 〈古〉方式，方法;本质，天性;同类;某类; adj. 仁慈的，体贴的;友善的，好心的;温和;宽宏大量的;
"Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted."
他外表冷漠，心地却十分善良。
近义：nature, order, quality, rank, sort, stamp 反义：heedless, impolite, inattentive, inclement, abrupt, loutish
cloth [klɔθ] 词频1 词根: cl-
n. 布，织物;一块布;用作某种用途的布，桌布，擦布，揩布;（统称）牧师;
"The rough cloth prickled my skin."
粗布扎我的皮肤。
近义：web, wiper, duster, fabric, floorcloth, material
making ['mekɪŋ]
n. 制造;产生的过程;成功改进的手段;原料，材料; v. “make”的现在分词;
"The old lady engaged herself in making clothes for her children."
这位老太太忙着为孩子们做衣服.
近义：manufacture, preparation, workmanship, confection, construct, construction
made [meid] 词频1
adj. …制的;（人工）做成的，拼成的;虚构的;保证成功的; v. 使(make的过去式和过去分词);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义：manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade
hemp [hemp] 词频5
n. 大麻;长纤维的植物;大麻烟卷;<谑>绞索; adj. 大麻类植物的;
"Twist a length of rope from strands of hemp."
用几股麻搓成了一段绳子.
近义：pot, weed, bud, cheeba, dank, ganj

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