英语词汇“to keep or wrap in cotton-wool”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to keep or wrap in cotton-wool

b. figurative. to be or live in cotton-wool. Also to keep or wrap in cotton-wool.

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1869 D. M. Mulock Woman's Kingdom II. 45 Letty would never be happy unless she lived in clover and cotton-wool.

1889 S. A. Barnett Let. 13 Apr. in H. Barnett Canon S.A.B. (1918) II. xxxix. 140 She is still very weak and has to be wrapped in cotton-wool.

1890 J. Payn Burnt Million II. xxix. 230 To be in cotton-wool is a phrase significant of superfluous comfort.

c1890 Bp. Selwyn in F. D. How Life (1899) 260 We can't be kept in bandboxes and wrapped in cotton wool all our lives.

1955 M. Gilbert Sky High v. 71 We couldn't keep him in cotton wool.

extracted from cotton wooln.

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单词	to keep or wrap in cotton-wool
释义	> as lemmas to keep or wrap in cotton-wool b. figurative. to be or live in cotton-wool. Also to keep or wrap in cotton-wool. ΚΠ 1869 D. M. Mulock Woman's Kingdom II. 45 Letty would never be happy unless she lived in clover and cotton-wool. 1889 S. A. Barnett Let. 13 Apr. in H. Barnett Canon S.A.B. (1918) II. xxxix. 140 She is still very weak and has to be wrapped in cotton-wool. 1890 J. Payn Burnt Million II. xxix. 230 To be in cotton-wool is a phrase significant of superfluous comfort. c1890 Bp. Selwyn in F. D. How Life (1899) 260 We can't be kept in bandboxes and wrapped in cotton wool all our lives. 1955 M. Gilbert Sky High v. 71 We couldn't keep him in cotton wool. extracted from cotton wooln. < as lemmas
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