linen

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Household, Material & textiles, Clotheslinenlin‧en /ˈlɪnɪn/ noun [uncountable] 1 DHsheets, tablecloths etc bed linen table linen2 TIMcloth made from the flax plant, used to make high quality clothes, home decorations etc a linen jacket3 old useDCC underwear → wash your dirty laundry/linenExamples from the Corpuslinen• Missing parts of the paper were infilled and the map was finally mounted on archival linen.• In the locker room, she takes off her beige linen jacket and talks strategy.• Her whole stance challenged him, her long legs crossed, her linen skirt ending high on her bare thighs.• Woven textile cloths are manufactured mainly from natural fibres such as cotton or linen although some have a proportion of man made fabrics.• Their skin taking on the pallor of death, is the same colour as the linen sheets.• Matron was equally dignified, with a towering cap of white linen and a penetrating gaze.Origin linen Old English “made of flax”, from lin “flax”

单词	linen
释义	linen From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Household, Material & textiles, Clotheslinenlin‧en /ˈlɪnɪn/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 1 DHsheets, tablecloths etc bed linen table linen2 TIMcloth made from the flax plant, used to make high quality clothes, home decorations etc a linen jacket3 old useDCC underwear → wash your dirty laundry/linenExamples from the Corpuslinen• Missing parts of the paper were infilled and the map was finally mounted on archival linen.• In the locker room, she takes off her beige linen jacket and talks strategy.• Her whole stance challenged him, her long legs crossed, her linen skirt ending high on her bare thighs.• Woven textile cloths are manufactured mainly from natural fibres such as cotton or linen although some have a proportion of man made fabrics.• Their skin taking on the pallor of death, is the same colour as the linen sheets.• Matron was equally dignified, with a towering cap of white linen and a penetrating gaze.Origin linen Old English “made of flax”, from lin “flax”
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