[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](羊等的)毛Wool is the hair that grows on sheep and on some other animals.
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[N-MASS 物质名词]羊毛织物;毛料Wool is a material made from animal's wool that is used to make things such as clothes, blankets, and carpets.
...a wool overcoat...
羊毛大衣
The carpets are made in wool and nylon.
这些地毯是用毛料和尼龙制成的。
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See also:
cotton wool
;
steel wool
;
wire wool
;
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[PHRASE 短语]蒙骗;欺骗 If you say that someone is pulling the wool over your eyes, you mean that they are trying to deceive you, in order to have an advantage over you.
[V inflects]
Stop trying to pull the wool over my eyes! What were you two fighting about just now?
休想蒙我!你们俩刚才在争执什么呢?
Oxford
wool★/wʊl; NAmEwʊl/noun[uncountable ]1★the soft fine hair that covers the body of sheep, goatsand some other animals (羊等的)绒,毛2★long thick thread made from animal's wool,used for knitting 毛线;绒线◆a ball of wool一团毛线3★cloth made from animal's wool,used for making clothes, etc. 毛料;毛织物◆This scarf is 100% wool.这条披肩是全毛的。◆pure new wool纯新毛料◆a wool blanket毛毯☞see also
cotton wool
,
dyed in the wool
,
lambswool
,
steel wool
,
wire wool
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v.woolwoolswool/wʊl; NAmEwʊl/
LDC
woolwool /wʊl/ ●●●S3 noun [uncountable]
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1wool (1)the soft thick hair that sheep and some goats have on their body →
lambswool
2material made from wool: a pure wool skirt a mix of 80% wool and 20% man-made fibres3thread made from wool that you use to knit clothesSYN yarn American English: a ball of wool4pull the wool over somebody’s eyes to deceive someone by not telling the truth →
cotton wool
, dyed-in-the-wool
, steel wool
, wire wool
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