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单词 lint
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
lint /lɪnt/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Textilestiny shreds of yarn;
    bits of thread.
lint•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
lint  (lint),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Textilesminute shreds or ravelings of yarn;
    bits of thread.
  2. Textilesstaple cotton fiber used to make yarn.
  3. Textilescotton waste produced by the ginning process.
  4. Textilesa soft material for dressing wounds, procured by scraping or otherwise treating linen cloth.
  • 1325–75; Middle English, variant of linnet; compare Middle French linette linseed, Old English līnet- flax (or flax-field) in līnetwige lintwhite
lint′less, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
lint /lɪnt/ n
  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
Etymology: 14th Century: probably from Latin linteus made of linen, from līnum flax

ˈlinty adj
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