单词 | jute-wood |
释义 | > as lemmasjute-wood attributive, as jute-bagging, jute-cloth, jute-fibre, jute-rope, jute-wood, jute-yarn; jute-butts n. or jute-cuttings n. the stump of the jute plant, the fibre of which is employed for inferior purposes. ΚΠ 1746 [see sense a]. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 513 4 pieces of jute stair carpeting. 1870 Daily News 14 Feb. The girls in these jute works are employed..in parties of four or five each. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 201 When wet, jute fibre quickly rots. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 1/1 The American cotton-growers require about 45 million yards of jute bagging every year in which to pack their cotton. < as lemmas |
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