词汇 | flannel |
释义 | flannelWord family nounflanneletteflannenflannelboardflanneladjectiveflannelledflannelly , Hair & beauty Clothesflan·nel1 /ˈflænl/ noun 1 [uncountableU]DCC soft cloth, usually made of cotton or wool, used for making clothes 〔用作衣料的〕法兰绒 a flannel shirt 法兰绒衬衫 2. [countableC] British EnglishBrEDCB a piece of cloth you use to wash yourself 〔洗澡用的〕毛巾 SYN facecloth, American English washcloth 3. [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE informalPRETEND something that someone says that has no real meaning or does not tell you what you want to know 废话;兜圈子的话 4. flannels [plural] British EnglishBrEDCC men’s trousers made of flannel 法兰绒男裤 Examples from the Corpus flannel• Wearing a new sports jacket and grey flannels under his open raincoat.• How about updating the context, dressing the youths in flannels and baggy pants?• Around her ankle was the pinned flannel.• The line surprises us, for much of the poet's work was a squeezed flannel of disenchantment.• Toby saw him take up the pile of wet flannel from beside the bath and chuck it at his face. flannel2 verb (flannelled, flannelling) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] British EnglishBrE PRETENDto say things that have no real meaning in order to avoid answering a question directly or to hide your lack of knowledge 兜圈子说(话),支吾 (1500-1600) flanen “type of cloth” ((16-19 centuries)), from Welsh gwlanen “woollen cloth” |
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