| 单词 | cotton |
| 释义 | cotton (kɒtən ) Word forms: cottons , cottoning , cottoned 1. variable noun [oft NOUN noun] B1 Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant. ...a cotton shirt. 2. uncountable noun B1+ Cotton is a plant which is grown in warm countries and which produces soft fibres used in making cotton cloth. ...a large cotton plantation in Tennessee. 3. variable noun B1+ Cotton is thread that is used for sewing, especially thread that is made from cotton. [mainly British] There's a needle and cotton there. 4. uncountable noun Cotton or absorbent cotton is a soft mass of cotton, used especially for applying liquids or creams to your skin. [US] regional note: in BRIT, use cotton wool Phrasal verbs: cotton on phrasal verb If you cotton on to something, you understand it or realize it, especially without people telling you about it. [British, informal] She had already cottoned on to the fact that the nanny was not all she appeared. [VERB PARTICLE + to] It wasn't until he started laughing that they cottoned on! [VERB PARTICLE] cotton to phrasal verb [no passive] If you cotton to someone or something, you start to like them. [US, informal] His style of humor was very human, and that's why people cotton to him. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I was being shut out and that's something I just don't cotton to. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Collocations: cotton crop This guarantees that farmers get a stable price for their cotton crop. Times, Sunday Times The disaster wiped out a third of the country's cotton crop. Times, Sunday Times Five years later they harvested their largest cotton crop and made a profit of $7 million (3 million). Times, Sunday Times In 1867, she created her first butter sculpture, when, after the failure of the farm's cotton crop, she sought a source of supplemental income. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They held a lien on the cotton crop and the merchants and landowners were the first ones paid from its sale. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then we found a cotton dress crumpled up at the back of my wardrobe. The Sun (2009) Ace it with a great cotton dress. Times, Sunday Times (2013) She was wearing a white cotton dress with red polka dots. No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007) She was wearing a white cotton dress with orange flowers and her hair was drawn back in a ponytail. No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007) But what concerned me was their daughter, now free of her velvet cape and revealed in a white cotton dress smocked in unfunereal red. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990 The team designed the fabric by weaving a grid of electrodes into a cloth attached to a layer of cotton fabric. Times,Sunday Times The single-layered cotton fabric, they say, captures moisture and transports it across the shirt's inner surface, speeding up the drying process. Times, Sunday Times The researchers used a basic screen printing technique to print a flexible supercapacitor of graphene-oxide ink onto cotton fabric. Smithsonian Mag The material's cooling potential was tested against a cotton fabric of a similar thickness. Times, Sunday Times The locals produce the silk, the wool and the cotton fabric themselves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While in high school, he worked on a cotton farm, stomping cotton. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In its early days, the barn housed mules used on the cotton farm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Thus, in the course of generation, the farm made the transition from being a cotton farm to a cattle and seed production farm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the weevil destroyed cotton farms, many farmworkers moved elsewhere for employment, including urban centers. Smithsonian Mag Prospering with the surrounding cattle ranches and cotton farms, the community developed as a trade center for the lower part of the county. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cellulose fibre forms the basis of the paper, usually from wood species but also from cotton fibre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The euro banknotes are pure cotton fibre, which improves their durability as well as giving the banknotes a distinctive feel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mercerising results in the swelling of the cell wall of the cotton fibre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A polymer two dollar banknote was issued in 2001 to replace the cotton fibre issue, but the banknote was reverted to cotton in the 2006 series. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This amazing system uses pure cotton fibres you sprinkle on to make your hair look naturally thick. The Sun I was lost in a remembered cotton field. Christianity Today I assume that the writer didn't spend much time working in a cotton field. Times, Sunday Times After skimming over the field, he crashed into the hedge and left one wheel in a cotton field that bounds the airport on the southwest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were taking meals on a cotton field and were completely unarmed when the army swooped on them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three years in completion, the house was set in the middle of a former cotton field which was part of the colonel's many land holdings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He met the cotton growers, choosing the cottons he thought were best for our products. The Sun With the telegraph and transatlantic cable connecting cotton growers directly to international buyers and manufacturers, the old merchants' world of the mid-nineteenth century was a quaint relic. The Times Literary Supplement Cotton growers who delivered on time were courted by exporters and received large orders the following season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the 1890s, as cotton prices plummeted below production costs, 8090% of cotton growers, whether owner or tenant, were in debt to lien merchants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bank had limited funds and confined itself almost completely to short-term financing, the bulk of which went to cotton growers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cereal production, including rice, has grown annually, and the 1997-98 cotton harvest reached a record 500,000 tons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was little cash in circulation, since most farmers operated on credit accounts from local merchants, and paid off their debts at cotton harvest time in the fall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The subsidy payments stimulated overproduction and resulted in a record cotton harvest in 2002, much of which had to be sold at very reduced prices in the global market. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His personal wealth, thanks to the enthusiastic way he trousered profits from his country's cotton harvests - which were sustained by forced labour - was thought to be not unadjacent to $1 billion. Times, Sunday Times At the cotton harvesting time if it rains the cotton will be spoiled. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Application couldn't be easier: a few drops on a cotton pad, sweep over face after cleansing, done. Times, Sunday Times Place a piece of cotton pad on your nails, then wrap a square of foil over the top. Times,Sunday Times Mix the colour, apply to brows for 5-10 minutes, then wash off with a cotton pad. Times,Sunday Times Pop a small amount on a cotton pad and watch your make-up melt away. The Sun Dab on with a cotton pad or powder sponge and then brush off the excess. The Sun He was formally trained as a pharmacist but developed his fortune in cotton seed oil. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cotton seed being used in the area had developed a rot that destroyed half-the crop. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For most of the 19th century, cotton seeds were a nuisance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To date, most genetic modification of foods have primarily focused on cash crops in high demand by farmers such as soybean, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But they did say that the cotton seeds had begun to sprout, giving hope that the astronauts would be able to grow their own bedsheets and trousers. Times,Sunday Times He wore jeans, a checked cotton shirt with mother-of-pearl snaps, and a turquoise bolo tie. THE X FILES 3: GROUND ZERO (1995) He wore a navy cotton shirt, a heavy bottle-green cardigan and a pair of worn corduroy trousers. CHAMELEON (2002) They went well with her Quant pinafore ` Cad" and collarless cotton shirt. THE IMAGE OF LAURA (2002) Today Mrs. VanAck was wearing a tailored cotton shirt with Peter Pan collar, Pendleton slacks, and Pappagallos shoes. BAD MEDICINE (1995) Dressed in a tweed jacket with leather patches on the sleeves, he wore his school tie knotted under the collar of a dark green cotton shirt. INCA GOLD (1994) This invention meant that enterprising mill owners could deploy steam power for their cotton spinning and weaving operations. The Times Literary Supplement The factory system began widespread use somewhat later when cotton spinning was mechanized. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cotton spinning continued until 1895, after which the mill was used for various industrial uses until 1923. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The decline of cotton spinning was accompanied by high farce. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 18th and 19th centuries the cotton spinning and weaving industries dominated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When you become the size of a small housing estate, it seems churlish to try to ring-fence it with cotton string. The Sun I have used my cotton bag for three years and a jute one for eight, and my grandparents had cotton string bags that lasted two decades. Times,Sunday Times Tie the legs together with cotton string. Times, Sunday Times The rawhides are, in turn, stretched out by aluminum clamps and cotton strings, which are fastened to a naturally textured cedar wood frame. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cotton strings are tied around the wrists of the participants to keep the spirits in place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The wildest solution read as follows: take the wasp, tie a cotton thread around its waist to impede its flight. Times, Sunday Times Gently pull the worst one outward while you lasso its base with cotton thread. The Sun Threading, using a length of cotton thread, needs to be done by a trained therapist. The Sun Cure by lassoing them with some cotton thread, then tying the thread tight. The Sun Therapists use thin cotton thread to pluck hair out of the follicle. The Sun This classic double-breasted trench coat in cotton twill is available in two sizes, yorkie and beagle. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Khaki cotton twill slacks, peach crew neck shirt, and hopsack jacket. BAD MEDICINE (1995) Luxury combat gear might sound like an oxymoron, but see how these fluid silk trousers make cotton twill look new and interesting. Times, Sunday Times (2010) They lacked the seeds, pesticides, and technical skills to grow cotton. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They attempted to grow cotton but had problems with bollworm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many farmers collect the subsidies but no longer grow cotton. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His extensive research led him to develop new methods to grow cotton. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While the early settlers did manage to grow cotton, it was never produced at competitive market rates; consequently, cotton farming was eventually abandoned. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Made from wool, jersey or heavy cotton for warmth, it was hidden under layers of clothing. The Sun Nice chunky curtains - think velvet or heavy cotton - at your windows and doors are a great way to add a cosy feel. The Sun I pictured them all as striped or patterned, heavy cotton, with button-down collars. Globe and Mail The combat jacket was of heavy cotton while the arctic jacket had a nylon shell. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It differs from other heavy cotton fabrics, such as denim, in being plain weave rather than twill weave. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I learnt to ski on incredibly heavy wooden skis, wearing just a light cotton anorak - the sort of stuff you now find in ski museums. Times, Sunday Times The rooms are basic, with futons brought out onto the floor in the evenings, and yukatas (light cotton kimonos) provided for eating dinner in the restaurant. Times, Sunday Times Go for a light cotton/linen mix. Times, Sunday Times Rub their chin while wearing a light cotton glove, then rub the scent on the glove on to the post. Times, Sunday Times In the stable, they wear light cotton rugs to keep their coats sleek, while in winter, they are wrapped up in thick duvet-style overcoats to protect them from the cold. Times, Sunday Times Liberate on-ear headphones (99.95), below, made using a blend of reclaimed hemp and organic cotton mixed with fibres of recycled plastic bottles. Times, Sunday Times The organic cotton shopping bags are piling up as fast as the plastic ones. Times, Sunday Times Companies that choose to use sustainable materials such as organic cotton, recycled polyester or other verified inputs could and should be incentivised by legislation. Times, Sunday Times The high street has some great fashion at the moment made from organic cotton. The Sun Expect extreme solitude and extreme luxury, from the organic cotton sheets to the hand-hewn cedar hot tub. Times, Sunday Times Don't be fooled by the nicely printed cotton versions either - these only look good on thin people. Times,Sunday Times The printed cotton shirts and flounced tops were recast in silk, a glaze of clear sequins was added to some of the stripy pieces. Times, Sunday Times The oven gloves and circular pot grab are made from printed cotton and quilted grey wool felt. Times, Sunday Times Dresses had high necks and long sleeves, usually silk; cheaper ones might be wool or printed cotton. Times, Sunday Times Seeking to camouflage the juice stains, she designed a sleeveless shift dress made of bright, colorful printed cotton. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This amazing system uses pure cotton fibres you sprinkle on to make your hair look naturally thick. The Sun (2013) Use this thread for stitching pure cotton fabric. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings (1993) There's lots of worn-in leather and soft cotton and distressed denim. Times, Sunday Times If you use the car rarely, opt for the company's heavy-duty cover, which has a soft cotton lining, a storage bag and seven straps. Times, Sunday Times It's a soft cotton and silk blend and, not surprisingly, it's pricey. Times,Sunday Times We should all be so lucky to have someone we love swathe our feet in warm soft cotton as we sleep. Times, Sunday Times The tailoring offers a nice contrast with the soft cotton and makes the tee suitable for smarts, too. Times, Sunday Times A few of the blacksmiths also tan hides, make various leather items, weave cotton, and hunt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was powered by two waterwheels to spin and weave cotton. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The specially woven cotton shirts use body heat to keep their shape and just-pressed look. Times, Sunday Times The mill began weaving cotton in the 1820s and remained in business for over 100 years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For the male, she weaves cotton jackets, light cotton towels, endi shawls, thick loin cloths, and, occasionally, even shirtings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Participants wear a white cotton tunic and run barefoot; the prizes are palm fronds and wild celery crowns. Times, Sunday Times (2016) My white cotton beekeeping suit goes over trousers and tops. Times, Sunday Times (2008) His appearance was distinctive, for apart from his considerable height he wore white cotton wool under his white cap to protect his balding head from the sun. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Tony lay on the comfortable bed, enjoying the feel of the cool white cotton on his body. THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002) ` Beecham Lazard,' she said, a whisper over the crumple of white cotton on the table. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002) Translations: Chinese: 棉花, 棉线 Japanese: 綿, 糸 |
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