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单词 lint
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lint


lint

fabric with a raised nap, used for dressing wounds; fluff; minute shreds of yarn
Not to be confused with:lent – granted the use of something for a period of time: lent a book; allowed the use of money at interestLent – the period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, devoted to fasting and penitence

lint

L0189600 (lĭnt)n.1. Clinging bits of fiber and fluff; fuzz.2. Downy material obtained by scraping linen cloth and used for dressing wounds.3. The mass of soft fibers surrounding the seeds of unginned cotton.
[Middle English, variant of linet (from Old French linette, grain of flax, diminutive of lin, flax) or from Medieval Latin linteum, lint (from Latin, linen cloth), both from Latin līnum, flax; see lī̆no- in Indo-European roots.]
lint′less adj.lint′y adj.

lint

(lɪnt) n1. (Textiles) an absorbent cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side, used to dress wounds, etc2. (Textiles) shreds of fibre, yarn, etc3. (Textiles) chiefly US staple fibre for making cotton yarn[C14: probably from Latin linteus made of linen, from līnum flax] ˈlinty adj

lint

(lɪnt)

n. 1. minute shreds or ravelings of yarn. 2. staple cotton fiber used to make yarn. 3. a soft material for dressing wounds, made from linen. [1325–75; Middle English, variant of linnet; compare Middle French linette linseed, Old English līnet- flax in līnetwige linnet] lint′y, adj. lint•i•er, lint•i•est.
Thesaurus
Noun1.lint - fine ravellings of cotton or linen fiberslint - fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibersfiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarnraveling, ravelling - a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
2.lint - cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress woundscloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Translations
棉绒软麻布

lint

(lint) noun1. linen in the form of a soft fluffy material for putting over wounds. 紗布 软麻布2. very small pieces of fluff from cotton etc. 棉絨 棉绒

lint


lint

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. Chiefly US staple fibre for making cotton yarn

lint

[lint] (materials) During the first stage of processing cotton, the fiber that is separated from the seeds in a cotton gin.

lint

A Unix C language processor which carries out morethorough checks on the code than is usual with C compilers.

Lint is named after the bits of fluff it supposedly picks fromprograms. Judging by references on Usenet this term hasbecome a shorthand for desk check at some non-Unix shops,even in languages other than C. Also used as delint.

lint


lint

 [lint] an absorbent surgical dressing material.

lint

(lint), A soft, absorbent material rarely used in surgical dressings, usually in the form of a thick, loosely woven material (sheet or patent lint). [O.E. lin, flax]

LINT


AcronymDefinition
LINTLincoln Interagency Narcotics Team (est. 1991; Oregon)
LINTLondon Invitational No-Tap (bowling tournament; Canada)
LINTLeichter Innovativer Nahverkehrs Triebzug (German train)

lint


  • noun

Words related to lint

noun fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers

Related Words

  • fiber
  • fibre
  • raveling
  • ravelling

noun cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side

Related Words

  • cloth
  • fabric
  • textile
  • material
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