| 释义 |
cottonize, v.|ˈkɒt(ə)naɪz|
[f. cotton n. + -ize.]
trans. To reduce (flax, hemp, etc.) to a short staple resembling cotton. Cf. flax-cotton.
Hence ˈcottonized ppl. a., ˈco ttonizing vbl. n.
1851McDermott in Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XII. i. 241 The causes which..led him to experiment upon flax, for the purpose of ‘cottonizing’ it. Ibid. 246 The specific gravity of the cottonized substance will also be precisely similar to that of cotton itself. 1853Wilson Ibid. XIV. i. 199 The attempt..to cottonize flax has been discovered to be really no novelty. 1890Times 19 Aug. 10 Cottonizing and woollenizing fibres to imitate fine cotton or wool. |