Definition of merino in English:

merino

nounPlural merinos məˈriːnəʊməˈrinoʊ

1A sheep of a breed with long, fine wool.
Example sentencesExamples
- Wool-bearing merinos shouldered aside the Khoikhoi fat-tailed varieties adopted by the early trekboer colonists.
- Before World War Two, we used to eat what was left after the merino had given up its wool.
- The Langes first proposed that they buy the two stations, take the cattle off them and concentrate entirely on traditional merino sheep.
- Running tourists alongside merinos has saved many a cockie's bottom line.
- The Spanish not only brought much more modern looms but also merino sheep in the hope of replacing one of the most common native wools, camelid.
- I was deeply upset to learn fro my friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals about the extreme suffering of merino lambs and sheep in the Australian wool industry.
- The hills were as green as in dreams, merino sheep had green seeds sprouting in their wool.
- There's enough feed to bring our remaining sheep back from adjistment… and we are going to try and find a way to buy more merinos if we can.
- The sheep was ideal, the merino sheep because it has big neck folds, the wool breeders grew them with a lot of skin.
- Here, flocks of fine wool-bearing merino sheep (first imported from the Cape Colony in 1797) spread out and by 1880 it supported over 60 million sheep.
- The yellow shoes represent the sunshine, the green jackets the rolling hills where the famous merino sheep graze peacefully and those striped things must be either gum leaves or sheep vomit.
- First, it is knitted into a voluminous hat by women in Ariana just to the north of Tunis using imported wool from Australian merino sheep for the deluxe version, local wool for less expensive models.
- Macarthur's flocks were based on Spanish merinos and the term pure merino became a metaphor for colonial aristocracy.
- Before the clinical investigation, they performed a biomechanical investigation using 30 merino sheep.
- I ran over 1,200 cows and over 2,000 fine wool merino ewes and 300 crossbred ewes.
- These crumply-nosed, curly-horned, taupe-colored, kinky-haired merinos are the toughest of New Zealand's 40 million sheep, enduring high elevation, scorching summers, and brutal winters.
- In 1773, English navigator and explorer Captain James Cook landed two merino sheep in the Marlborough Sounds, in the north of the South Island.
- The Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute encourages tourists to become entrepreneurs with a display of livestock of bharat merino sheep, white giant and German angora rabbits.
- In fact, it was whipped up locally, using dollops of lanolin, which happily was plentiful in the land of merinos.
- The participants and production crew moved to Oxley Downs, six hours drive from Sydney to the property with 12 buildings, a dilapidated garden, horses, chickens, geese, a cow and 1.300 merino sheep.
1. 1.1mass noun A soft woollen or wool-and-cotton material resembling cashmere, originally of merino wool.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The cloth, a lightweight charcoal grey worsted made with Extrafine merino wool, has been produced by top weaver Clissold.
  She wants to feel merino wool, flannel next to her skin.
  A lightweight V-neck sweater is a great idea (made of fabrics such as merino wool or cotton - any breathable, cool fabric), and you can wear the sweater over a shirt, with the shirt collar exposed.
  Your were wearing these black chinos and this merino wool sweater that matched your eyes, I remember because one of my students spilled a beaker of HCl right in front of you and a little got on that sweater.
  Every single one of her cardigans is beautifully shaped and made from high-quality heavy-gauge cotton (or merino wool for autumn and winter wear).
  Since introducing merino in 1846, Hollins had become a leading spinner of this fine wool-cotton mixture.
  Aran weight, chunky, pure new wool, merino, cotton dk, 4 ply, mohair, angora; you name it I've probably got it in my stash somewhere.
  If you find wool uncomfortable or itchy, you can find sweaters in merino wool, cashmere or mohair, for a softer, almost silky touch - but these can be more pricey, especially cashmere.
  Stock up on key fabrics like cotton, linen, silk and lightweight knits in the summer months, and wool, cashmere and merino knits in the winter.
  The fibers in merino wool can be bent 20,000 times before breaking, making the fiber very soft and durable.
  In the grand salon, blue merino covered the chairs and sofas and served for curtains.
  Different fabrics include merino or light wool, cashmere, and cotton, which can all be worn under sports jackets.
  Make your coffee run in cushy style with this cashmere pullover and merino shearling vest.
  In addition, you're sure to find a lot of merino wool in stores, as well as plenty of sharp, tailored suits.
  The yarn is a cashmere merino laceweight that I bought from Scotland, in a very soft linen colour.
  It's a worsted weight merino wool, and must be twelve inches wide, but do you think I could get the measurements right?
  Sweaters are simpler this season, available in fabrics such as cotton, regular wool, merino wool or cashmere.
  Her button-off coat and merino high-neck jumper had considerable quality when we checked these out at close range at the Incubator's premises.
  He showed very strong suits, pairing them with stretch tank tops, lambskin zip vests, and great looking feather weight merino - cashmere ribbed sweaters.
  I was so pleased with the bright one that I did, that I decided to do a conservative one, using the brushed alpaca / merino that Lesley sent me from Australia, mixed with some Mercury in sunrise.
2. 1.2mass noun A fine woollen yarn.
  Example sentencesExamples
  When the paper patterns were colored, the stitcher replicated the colors with her palette of soft merino wool yarns.
  It is wonderfully soft and dye free, composed of alpaca and merino from the rare yarns company.
  ‘This spinning wheel is a little darling,’ she added, deftly teasing out a skein of deep bluey green yarn - a luxury mixture of mohair, merino and silk.
3. 1.3West Indian An undershirt, originally one made of merino wool.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Spanish, of unknown origin.

Rhymes

albino, bambino, babycino, beano, Borodino, Borsalino, cappuccino, casino, chino, Comino, concertino, Filipino, fino, Gino, keno, Ladino, Latino, Leno, maraschino, Monte Cassino, Navarino, neutrino, Pacino, palomino, pecorino, Reno, San Marino, Sansovino, Torino, Trevino, Valentino, vino, Zeno

Definition of merino in US English:

merino

nounməˈrēnōməˈrinoʊ

1A sheep of a breed with long, fine wool.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Langes first proposed that they buy the two stations, take the cattle off them and concentrate entirely on traditional merino sheep.
- The sheep was ideal, the merino sheep because it has big neck folds, the wool breeders grew them with a lot of skin.
- Running tourists alongside merinos has saved many a cockie's bottom line.
- Before World War Two, we used to eat what was left after the merino had given up its wool.
- The Spanish not only brought much more modern looms but also merino sheep in the hope of replacing one of the most common native wools, camelid.
- Here, flocks of fine wool-bearing merino sheep (first imported from the Cape Colony in 1797) spread out and by 1880 it supported over 60 million sheep.
- These crumply-nosed, curly-horned, taupe-colored, kinky-haired merinos are the toughest of New Zealand's 40 million sheep, enduring high elevation, scorching summers, and brutal winters.
- In fact, it was whipped up locally, using dollops of lanolin, which happily was plentiful in the land of merinos.
- Wool-bearing merinos shouldered aside the Khoikhoi fat-tailed varieties adopted by the early trekboer colonists.
- I was deeply upset to learn fro my friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals about the extreme suffering of merino lambs and sheep in the Australian wool industry.
- There's enough feed to bring our remaining sheep back from adjistment… and we are going to try and find a way to buy more merinos if we can.
- First, it is knitted into a voluminous hat by women in Ariana just to the north of Tunis using imported wool from Australian merino sheep for the deluxe version, local wool for less expensive models.
- I ran over 1,200 cows and over 2,000 fine wool merino ewes and 300 crossbred ewes.
- In 1773, English navigator and explorer Captain James Cook landed two merino sheep in the Marlborough Sounds, in the north of the South Island.
- Before the clinical investigation, they performed a biomechanical investigation using 30 merino sheep.
- The Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute encourages tourists to become entrepreneurs with a display of livestock of bharat merino sheep, white giant and German angora rabbits.
- Macarthur's flocks were based on Spanish merinos and the term pure merino became a metaphor for colonial aristocracy.
- The yellow shoes represent the sunshine, the green jackets the rolling hills where the famous merino sheep graze peacefully and those striped things must be either gum leaves or sheep vomit.
- The hills were as green as in dreams, merino sheep had green seeds sprouting in their wool.
- The participants and production crew moved to Oxley Downs, six hours drive from Sydney to the property with 12 buildings, a dilapidated garden, horses, chickens, geese, a cow and 1.300 merino sheep.
1. 1.1 A soft woolen or wool-and-cotton material resembling cashmere, originally of merino wool.
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the grand salon, blue merino covered the chairs and sofas and served for curtains.
  Her button-off coat and merino high-neck jumper had considerable quality when we checked these out at close range at the Incubator's premises.
  Sweaters are simpler this season, available in fabrics such as cotton, regular wool, merino wool or cashmere.
  Your were wearing these black chinos and this merino wool sweater that matched your eyes, I remember because one of my students spilled a beaker of HCl right in front of you and a little got on that sweater.
  Different fabrics include merino or light wool, cashmere, and cotton, which can all be worn under sports jackets.
  In addition, you're sure to find a lot of merino wool in stores, as well as plenty of sharp, tailored suits.
  Since introducing merino in 1846, Hollins had become a leading spinner of this fine wool-cotton mixture.
  If you find wool uncomfortable or itchy, you can find sweaters in merino wool, cashmere or mohair, for a softer, almost silky touch - but these can be more pricey, especially cashmere.
  The yarn is a cashmere merino laceweight that I bought from Scotland, in a very soft linen colour.
  She wants to feel merino wool, flannel next to her skin.
  Make your coffee run in cushy style with this cashmere pullover and merino shearling vest.
  Every single one of her cardigans is beautifully shaped and made from high-quality heavy-gauge cotton (or merino wool for autumn and winter wear).
  He showed very strong suits, pairing them with stretch tank tops, lambskin zip vests, and great looking feather weight merino - cashmere ribbed sweaters.
  The fibers in merino wool can be bent 20,000 times before breaking, making the fiber very soft and durable.
  I was so pleased with the bright one that I did, that I decided to do a conservative one, using the brushed alpaca / merino that Lesley sent me from Australia, mixed with some Mercury in sunrise.
  Aran weight, chunky, pure new wool, merino, cotton dk, 4 ply, mohair, angora; you name it I've probably got it in my stash somewhere.
  A lightweight V-neck sweater is a great idea (made of fabrics such as merino wool or cotton - any breathable, cool fabric), and you can wear the sweater over a shirt, with the shirt collar exposed.
  The cloth, a lightweight charcoal grey worsted made with Extrafine merino wool, has been produced by top weaver Clissold.
  It's a worsted weight merino wool, and must be twelve inches wide, but do you think I could get the measurements right?
  Stock up on key fabrics like cotton, linen, silk and lightweight knits in the summer months, and wool, cashmere and merino knits in the winter.
2. 1.2 A fine woolen yarn.
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘This spinning wheel is a little darling,’ she added, deftly teasing out a skein of deep bluey green yarn - a luxury mixture of mohair, merino and silk.
  When the paper patterns were colored, the stitcher replicated the colors with her palette of soft merino wool yarns.
  It is wonderfully soft and dye free, composed of alpaca and merino from the rare yarns company.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Spanish, of unknown origin.

单词	merino
释义	Definition of merino in English: merino nounPlural merinos məˈriːnəʊməˈrinoʊ 1A sheep of a breed with long, fine wool. Example sentencesExamples Wool-bearing merinos shouldered aside the Khoikhoi fat-tailed varieties adopted by the early trekboer colonists. Before World War Two, we used to eat what was left after the merino had given up its wool. The Langes first proposed that they buy the two stations, take the cattle off them and concentrate entirely on traditional merino sheep. Running tourists alongside merinos has saved many a cockie's bottom line. The Spanish not only brought much more modern looms but also merino sheep in the hope of replacing one of the most common native wools, camelid. I was deeply upset to learn fro my friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals about the extreme suffering of merino lambs and sheep in the Australian wool industry. The hills were as green as in dreams, merino sheep had green seeds sprouting in their wool. There's enough feed to bring our remaining sheep back from adjistment… and we are going to try and find a way to buy more merinos if we can. The sheep was ideal, the merino sheep because it has big neck folds, the wool breeders grew them with a lot of skin. Here, flocks of fine wool-bearing merino sheep (first imported from the Cape Colony in 1797) spread out and by 1880 it supported over 60 million sheep. The yellow shoes represent the sunshine, the green jackets the rolling hills where the famous merino sheep graze peacefully and those striped things must be either gum leaves or sheep vomit. First, it is knitted into a voluminous hat by women in Ariana just to the north of Tunis using imported wool from Australian merino sheep for the deluxe version, local wool for less expensive models. Macarthur's flocks were based on Spanish merinos and the term pure merino became a metaphor for colonial aristocracy. Before the clinical investigation, they performed a biomechanical investigation using 30 merino sheep. I ran over 1,200 cows and over 2,000 fine wool merino ewes and 300 crossbred ewes. These crumply-nosed, curly-horned, taupe-colored, kinky-haired merinos are the toughest of New Zealand's 40 million sheep, enduring high elevation, scorching summers, and brutal winters. In 1773, English navigator and explorer Captain James Cook landed two merino sheep in the Marlborough Sounds, in the north of the South Island. The Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute encourages tourists to become entrepreneurs with a display of livestock of bharat merino sheep, white giant and German angora rabbits. In fact, it was whipped up locally, using dollops of lanolin, which happily was plentiful in the land of merinos. The participants and production crew moved to Oxley Downs, six hours drive from Sydney to the property with 12 buildings, a dilapidated garden, horses, chickens, geese, a cow and 1.300 merino sheep. 1.1mass noun A soft woollen or wool-and-cotton material resembling cashmere, originally of merino wool. Example sentencesExamples The cloth, a lightweight charcoal grey worsted made with Extrafine merino wool, has been produced by top weaver Clissold. She wants to feel merino wool, flannel next to her skin. A lightweight V-neck sweater is a great idea (made of fabrics such as merino wool or cotton - any breathable, cool fabric), and you can wear the sweater over a shirt, with the shirt collar exposed. Your were wearing these black chinos and this merino wool sweater that matched your eyes, I remember because one of my students spilled a beaker of HCl right in front of you and a little got on that sweater. Every single one of her cardigans is beautifully shaped and made from high-quality heavy-gauge cotton (or merino wool for autumn and winter wear). Since introducing merino in 1846, Hollins had become a leading spinner of this fine wool-cotton mixture. Aran weight, chunky, pure new wool, merino, cotton dk, 4 ply, mohair, angora; you name it I've probably got it in my stash somewhere. If you find wool uncomfortable or itchy, you can find sweaters in merino wool, cashmere or mohair, for a softer, almost silky touch - but these can be more pricey, especially cashmere. Stock up on key fabrics like cotton, linen, silk and lightweight knits in the summer months, and wool, cashmere and merino knits in the winter. The fibers in merino wool can be bent 20,000 times before breaking, making the fiber very soft and durable. In the grand salon, blue merino covered the chairs and sofas and served for curtains. Different fabrics include merino or light wool, cashmere, and cotton, which can all be worn under sports jackets. Make your coffee run in cushy style with this cashmere pullover and merino shearling vest. In addition, you're sure to find a lot of merino wool in stores, as well as plenty of sharp, tailored suits. The yarn is a cashmere merino laceweight that I bought from Scotland, in a very soft linen colour. It's a worsted weight merino wool, and must be twelve inches wide, but do you think I could get the measurements right? Sweaters are simpler this season, available in fabrics such as cotton, regular wool, merino wool or cashmere. Her button-off coat and merino high-neck jumper had considerable quality when we checked these out at close range at the Incubator's premises. He showed very strong suits, pairing them with stretch tank tops, lambskin zip vests, and great looking feather weight merino - cashmere ribbed sweaters. I was so pleased with the bright one that I did, that I decided to do a conservative one, using the brushed alpaca / merino that Lesley sent me from Australia, mixed with some Mercury in sunrise. 1.2mass noun A fine woollen yarn. Example sentencesExamples When the paper patterns were colored, the stitcher replicated the colors with her palette of soft merino wool yarns. It is wonderfully soft and dye free, composed of alpaca and merino from the rare yarns company. ‘This spinning wheel is a little darling,’ she added, deftly teasing out a skein of deep bluey green yarn - a luxury mixture of mohair, merino and silk. 1.3West Indian An undershirt, originally one made of merino wool. Origin Late 18th century: from Spanish, of unknown origin. Rhymes albino, bambino, babycino, beano, Borodino, Borsalino, cappuccino, casino, chino, Comino, concertino, Filipino, fino, Gino, keno, Ladino, Latino, Leno, maraschino, Monte Cassino, Navarino, neutrino, Pacino, palomino, pecorino, Reno, San Marino, Sansovino, Torino, Trevino, Valentino, vino, Zeno Definition of merino in US English: merino nounməˈrēnōməˈrinoʊ 1A sheep of a breed with long, fine wool. Example sentencesExamples The Langes first proposed that they buy the two stations, take the cattle off them and concentrate entirely on traditional merino sheep. The sheep was ideal, the merino sheep because it has big neck folds, the wool breeders grew them with a lot of skin. Running tourists alongside merinos has saved many a cockie's bottom line. Before World War Two, we used to eat what was left after the merino had given up its wool. The Spanish not only brought much more modern looms but also merino sheep in the hope of replacing one of the most common native wools, camelid. Here, flocks of fine wool-bearing merino sheep (first imported from the Cape Colony in 1797) spread out and by 1880 it supported over 60 million sheep. These crumply-nosed, curly-horned, taupe-colored, kinky-haired merinos are the toughest of New Zealand's 40 million sheep, enduring high elevation, scorching summers, and brutal winters. In fact, it was whipped up locally, using dollops of lanolin, which happily was plentiful in the land of merinos. Wool-bearing merinos shouldered aside the Khoikhoi fat-tailed varieties adopted by the early trekboer colonists. I was deeply upset to learn fro my friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals about the extreme suffering of merino lambs and sheep in the Australian wool industry. There's enough feed to bring our remaining sheep back from adjistment… and we are going to try and find a way to buy more merinos if we can. First, it is knitted into a voluminous hat by women in Ariana just to the north of Tunis using imported wool from Australian merino sheep for the deluxe version, local wool for less expensive models. I ran over 1,200 cows and over 2,000 fine wool merino ewes and 300 crossbred ewes. In 1773, English navigator and explorer Captain James Cook landed two merino sheep in the Marlborough Sounds, in the north of the South Island. Before the clinical investigation, they performed a biomechanical investigation using 30 merino sheep. The Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute encourages tourists to become entrepreneurs with a display of livestock of bharat merino sheep, white giant and German angora rabbits. Macarthur's flocks were based on Spanish merinos and the term pure merino became a metaphor for colonial aristocracy. The yellow shoes represent the sunshine, the green jackets the rolling hills where the famous merino sheep graze peacefully and those striped things must be either gum leaves or sheep vomit. The hills were as green as in dreams, merino sheep had green seeds sprouting in their wool. The participants and production crew moved to Oxley Downs, six hours drive from Sydney to the property with 12 buildings, a dilapidated garden, horses, chickens, geese, a cow and 1.300 merino sheep. 1.1 A soft woolen or wool-and-cotton material resembling cashmere, originally of merino wool. Example sentencesExamples In the grand salon, blue merino covered the chairs and sofas and served for curtains. Her button-off coat and merino high-neck jumper had considerable quality when we checked these out at close range at the Incubator's premises. Sweaters are simpler this season, available in fabrics such as cotton, regular wool, merino wool or cashmere. Your were wearing these black chinos and this merino wool sweater that matched your eyes, I remember because one of my students spilled a beaker of HCl right in front of you and a little got on that sweater. Different fabrics include merino or light wool, cashmere, and cotton, which can all be worn under sports jackets. In addition, you're sure to find a lot of merino wool in stores, as well as plenty of sharp, tailored suits. Since introducing merino in 1846, Hollins had become a leading spinner of this fine wool-cotton mixture. If you find wool uncomfortable or itchy, you can find sweaters in merino wool, cashmere or mohair, for a softer, almost silky touch - but these can be more pricey, especially cashmere. The yarn is a cashmere merino laceweight that I bought from Scotland, in a very soft linen colour. She wants to feel merino wool, flannel next to her skin. Make your coffee run in cushy style with this cashmere pullover and merino shearling vest. Every single one of her cardigans is beautifully shaped and made from high-quality heavy-gauge cotton (or merino wool for autumn and winter wear). He showed very strong suits, pairing them with stretch tank tops, lambskin zip vests, and great looking feather weight merino - cashmere ribbed sweaters. The fibers in merino wool can be bent 20,000 times before breaking, making the fiber very soft and durable. I was so pleased with the bright one that I did, that I decided to do a conservative one, using the brushed alpaca / merino that Lesley sent me from Australia, mixed with some Mercury in sunrise. Aran weight, chunky, pure new wool, merino, cotton dk, 4 ply, mohair, angora; you name it I've probably got it in my stash somewhere. A lightweight V-neck sweater is a great idea (made of fabrics such as merino wool or cotton - any breathable, cool fabric), and you can wear the sweater over a shirt, with the shirt collar exposed. The cloth, a lightweight charcoal grey worsted made with Extrafine merino wool, has been produced by top weaver Clissold. It's a worsted weight merino wool, and must be twelve inches wide, but do you think I could get the measurements right? Stock up on key fabrics like cotton, linen, silk and lightweight knits in the summer months, and wool, cashmere and merino knits in the winter. 1.2 A fine woolen yarn. Example sentencesExamples ‘This spinning wheel is a little darling,’ she added, deftly teasing out a skein of deep bluey green yarn - a luxury mixture of mohair, merino and silk. When the paper patterns were colored, the stitcher replicated the colors with her palette of soft merino wool yarns. It is wonderfully soft and dye free, composed of alpaca and merino from the rare yarns company. Origin Late 18th century: from Spanish, of unknown origin.
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