单词	cotton
释义	noun | verb cottoncotton1 /ˈkɑt˺n/ ●●● W3 noun [uncountable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYcotton1 Origin: 1300-1400 Old French coton, from Arabic qutn 1 cloth or thread made from the soft white fibers that surround the seeds of a cotton plant:  The towels are 100% cotton. a white cotton shirt2a soft mass of fibers from a cotton plant that you use especially for cleaning and protecting wounds, or for removing makeup:  a ball of cotton3the plant that produces these fibers:  fields of cotton [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French coton, from Arabic qutn] noun | verb cottoncotton2 verb Etymology ETYMOLOGYcotton2 Origin: 1800-1900 cotton to be successful (16-19 centuries), perhaps from cotton (of cloth) to form a soft surface (15-19 centuries), from ➔ COTTON1 Verb Table VERB TABLE cotton Simple Form Present I, you, we, they cotton he, she, it cottons Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they cottoned Present perfect I, you, we, they have cottoned he, she, it has cottoned Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had cottoned Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will cotton Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have cottoned cotton on phrasal verb informal to begin to understand something: cotton on to It took a while to cotton on to what she was suggesting.cotton to somebody/something phrasal verb informal to like someone or something that is new to you:  I didn’t cotton to her at first, but she’s really nice.
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