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单词 moreen
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Definition of moreen in English:

moreen

(also morine)
noun məˈriːnmôˈrēn
mass noun
  • A strong, ribbed cotton fabric, used chiefly for curtains.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Morine is a variation of moreen, a British heavy fabric with horizontal filling and a moire finish, woven either in worsted or cotton.
    • The mahogany easy chair and settee covered with blue moreen may have been standard forms with fixed upholstery and the chintz cover was probably for that settee.
    • The couple covered the seats with mid-eighteenth-century English wool moreen.

Origin

Mid 17th century: perhaps a fanciful formation from moire.

Rhymes

Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean
 
 

Definition of moreen in US English:

moreen

nounmôˈrēn
  • A strong, ribbed cotton or wool fabric, used chiefly for curtains and upholstery.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The mahogany easy chair and settee covered with blue moreen may have been standard forms with fixed upholstery and the chintz cover was probably for that settee.
    • The couple covered the seats with mid-eighteenth-century English wool moreen.
    • Morine is a variation of moreen, a British heavy fabric with horizontal filling and a moire finish, woven either in worsted or cotton.

Origin

Mid 17th century: perhaps a fanciful formation from moire.

 
 
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