| 单词 | linsey-woolsey |
| 释义 | linsey-woolsey /lin"zee wool"zee/, n. , pl. linsey-woolseys. 1. a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling. 2. a garment made from this. 3. Archaic. any mixture that is incongruous or of poor quality; jumble: That last speech was a linsey-woolsey of stale platitudes. Also called linsey. [1425-75; late ME lynsy wolsye lit., linen cloth, wool cloth, equiv. to lyn (OE lin; see LINEN) + -sy, var. of say cloth ( < OF saie; akin to ML sagia kind of weave, L sagum cloak) + wol WOOL + -sye, var. of SAY] |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含168451条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。