英语词汇“fine wool”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fine wool n. and adj. (a) n.wool having fine (sense A. 17a) fibres; a sheep producing such wool; (b) adj.= fine wooled adj.The fibres of fine wool typically have a diameter of 20 microns or less. There are various breeds of sheep producing fine wool, foremost of which is the Merino sheep, which spread from Spain throughout Europe, and remains prominent today (chiefly in cross-breeds).In early use frequently difficult to distinguish from sense A. 3a, since wool having fine fibres was also highly prized. [Compare French laine fine (1547), Italian lana fina (1540), Spanish lana fina (1550).]

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1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Lana Tenuis lana,..Fine woull.

1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 71 The hilly part of this County (called Castwald [sic]) abounds with fine wool, small sheep which are long-necked, and square of bulk, and bone) and hath a very pleasant air.

1788 A. Jardine Lett. from Barbary, France, &c. II. xxi. 210 We met some of the ganado merino, or fine wool sheep, in large straggling flocks.

1848 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 17 Feb. Fine wools have produced 2d., other qualities from 1d. to 1½d. per lb. more money than at the previous auctions.

1949 G. Wythe Brazil iv. 114 Fine wools are imported by the domestic woolen industry. Rio Grande do Sul growers have introduced desirable strains from Uruguay and Argentina.

2001 Jrnl. Range Managem. 54 84/2 Twenty-one cross-bred fine-wool lambs (1 year old) were each placed in an individual pen (1.5 x 2 m) and fed a basal ration of ground alfalfa hay.

单词	fine wool
释义	> as lemmas fine wool fine wool n. and adj. (a) n.wool having fine (sense A. 17a) fibres; a sheep producing such wool; (b) adj.= fine wooled adj.The fibres of fine wool typically have a diameter of 20 microns or less. There are various breeds of sheep producing fine wool, foremost of which is the Merino sheep, which spread from Spain throughout Europe, and remains prominent today (chiefly in cross-breeds).In early use frequently difficult to distinguish from sense A. 3a, since wool having fine fibres was also highly prized. [Compare French laine fine (1547), Italian lana fina (1540), Spanish lana fina (1550).] ΚΠ 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Lana Tenuis lana,..Fine woull. 1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 71 The hilly part of this County (called Castwald [sic]) abounds with fine wool, small sheep which are long-necked, and square of bulk, and bone) and hath a very pleasant air. 1788 A. Jardine Lett. from Barbary, France, &c. II. xxi. 210 We met some of the ganado merino, or fine wool sheep, in large straggling flocks. 1848 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 17 Feb. Fine wools have produced 2d., other qualities from 1d. to 1½d. per lb. more money than at the previous auctions. 1949 G. Wythe Brazil iv. 114 Fine wools are imported by the domestic woolen industry. Rio Grande do Sul growers have introduced desirable strains from Uruguay and Argentina. 2001 Jrnl. Range Managem. 54 84/2 Twenty-one cross-bred fine-wool lambs (1 year old) were each placed in an individual pen (1.5 x 2 m) and fed a basal ration of ground alfalfa hay. extracted from fineadj.adv.n.² < as lemmas
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