英语词汇“homespun”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	homespun
释义	homespun I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ adjective Etymology: home (I) + spun 1. a. : spun or made at or as if at home < homespun cloth > < turn out woven and knitted goods on hand machines that preserve the homespun quality — J.M.Mead > b. : made of homespun or of a fabric resembling homespun < yeomanry … turned out in their working clothes and homespun country garbs — Washington Irving > < other popular cotton suiting choices include … homespun types that have weave interest — Women's Wear Daily > 2. a. : of or relating to the common people : plebeian, unsophisticated < homespun tastes > < homespun virtues > < both still assume the air of homespun country boys — T.H.White b.1915 > : folksy < oozed with idiosyncrasy, naïveté and homespun humor — E.S.Turner > < prose which varies from the movingly lyrical to the designedly homespun — Clifton Fadiman > b. : of unaffected simplicity : unpretentious < dresses up his thoughts in very plain homespun garments — William Clark > < homespun, kindly, shrewd men whose strength resided in their neighborliness — Norman Cousins > c. : plain and direct : practical, straightforward < will make a good homespun wife — Thomas Hardy > < managed the affairs of local government with the same homespun skill that went to their farming — V.L.Parrington > < circumstances which brought forth … a homespun nationalism — A.G.Mazour > II. noun (-s) 1. a. : a loosely woven usually woolen or linen fabric handloomed in the home from uneven hand-spun yarns b. : a machine-made tweedy material of a plain weave and spongy texture usually made from irregular woolen, cotton, rayon, or linen yarns and used for outer garments and upholstery 2. : a character or utterance possessing the rustic simplicity of homespun < instead of the silken splendor of the upper middle classes he gives us the homespun of the poor — Grace Frank >
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