单词 | reeled |
释义 | reeledadj. Wound on a reel. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [adjective] > silk rawc1350 filoselle1561 reeled1695 soft1769 ungummed1839 marabou1929 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [adjective] > spun > twisted or wound on spindle or reel reeled1695 spindled1866 1695 in C. B. Gunn Rec. Baron Court Stitchill (1905) 118 As the pryce..of ane parcell of scoured and reilled yairnes. 1749 R. Cox Let. shewing Method to establish Linen-manuf. 35 The Alteration [in quality] must be expected to be much greater in future Times; as the reel'd Yarn increases and the Pound-Yarn decreases. 1891 S. B. Luce Text-bk. Seamanship (rev. ed.) iii. 22 Flax is used sometimes for deep-sea sounding-lines, though reeled piano wire has replaced it for this purpose where great depths are measured. 1910 A. F. Barker Textiles xv. 276 The Croissure..improved the reeled threads by making them rounder and more compact and homogeneous. 2000 S. M. Levy MEP Databk. i. 16 There is often disagreement about the advantages of installing hose cabinets, complete with reeled hoses. Compounds reeled silk n. silk made from entire cocoons, as distinguished from lower-quality silk made by spinning short fibres obtained from broken cocoons and other silk waste. ΚΠ 1771 H. Marshall Let. 27 Nov. in Franklin Papers (1974) XVIII. 254 I Expect thoul hear how much reel'd Silks our people have Sent over to London. 1831 G. R. Porter Treat. Silk Manuf. 152 To obtain one pound of reeled silk, requires 12 pounds of cocoons. 1969 C. E. C. Tattersall Notes on Carpet-knotting & Weaving (ed. 2) 14 In most of the early Persian carpets the warp is of pure reeled silk. 2002 Washington Times (Nexis) 24 Aug. d1 The ‘Huipil’..was made of spun silk and is less shiny than reeled silk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1695 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。