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单词 lint
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(lɪnt)
1. uncountable noun
Lint is cotton or linen fabric which you can put on your skin if you have a cut.
2. uncountable noun
Lint is small unwanted threads or fibres that collect on clothes.
[mainly US]

lint in British English

(lɪnt)
noun
1. 
an absorbent cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side, used to dress wounds, etc
2. 
shreds of fibre, yarn, etc
3. mainly US
staple fibre for making cotton yarn
Derived forms
linty (ˈlinty)
adjective
Word origin
C14: probably from Latin linteus made of linen, from līnum flax

lint in American English

(lɪnt)
noun
1. 
scraped and softened linen formerly used as a dressing for wounds
2. 
cotton fiber used to make yarn
3. 
the waste cotton remaining after ginning
4. 
a. 
bits of thread, ravelings, or fluff from cloth or yarn
b. 
this fluff caught by a removable screen in a clothes dryer
verb intransitive
5. 
to give off lint or fluff
Derived forms
lintless (ˈlintless)
adjective
linty (ˈlinty)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈlintier or ˈlintiest
Word origin
ME linnet, prob. < lin, linen: see line2

Examples of 'lint' in a sentence
lint

He tugged at his shirt cuffs, flicked lint from his lapels, and straightened his tie.
Pickard, Nancy NO BODY (2002)
Naturally,' said Weber, brushing imaginary lint from his fly.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
I search the floor anxiously Examining each white ash and lint Making sure I drop none of the goodness.
Shell, Ray ICED (2002)
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