| 单词 | linen |
| 释义 | linen (lɪnɪn ) Word forms: linens 1. variable noun Linen is a kind of cloth that is made from a plant called flax. It is used for making clothes and things such as tablecloths and sheets. ...a white linen suit. ...cottons, woolens, silks and linens. 2. uncountable noun Linen is tablecloths, sheets, pillowcases, and similar things made of cloth that are used in the home. ...embroidered bed linen. All linens and towels are provided. 3. to wash your dirty linen in public phrase If you say that someone washes their dirty linen in public, you disapprove of their discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private things in front of other people. There are several other forms of this expression, for example wash your dirty laundry in public, or in American English, air your dirty laundry in public. [disapproval] The sight of former MPs washing their dirty linen in public was embarrassing. We shouldn't wash our dirty laundry in public and if I was in his position, I'd say nothing. Idioms: wash your dirty linen in public [British] or air your dirty laundry in public to talk about unpleasant or personal matters in front of other people, when most people consider that such things should be kept private. We shouldn't wash our dirty laundry in public and if I was in his position, I'd say nothing at all. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: clean linen Serviced apartments are expected to have clean linen, home entertainment, cooking and washing facilities, but there are no enforceable standards. Times, Sunday Times It supplies workaday services such as clean linen for hotels, washroom cleaning and overalls for work. Times, Sunday Times Shelves go up, not for clean linen or for books, but for the clutter that all families accumulate. Times, Sunday Times Soiled linen can be continuously fed into one end of the tunnel while clean linen emerges from the other. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They shaved their heads and bodies, washed several times a day, and wore only clean linen clothing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He said that in the old days, it was easy enough — offering free bread with a meal and setting out linen napkins. Times, Sunday Times Plus a lengthy peroration on how to avoid washing linen napkins by folding them into the shape of a duck. Times, Sunday Times Bring texture to the table with linen napkins. Times, Sunday Times Diners at his chain of restaurants are stealing 30,000 of his linen napkins every month, he claims. Times, Sunday Times The hoummos, tabbouleh and kibbi were outstanding and came in a wicker hamper, complete with plates, cutlery and linen napkins. Times, Sunday Times She then collected the parts of his dismembered body and put them in a linen sheet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 My espresso machine, flowers, steambaths, pure linen sheets and electric storms. ST It was beautiful - late-19th-century style, all rich mahogany and expensive linen sheets. Times, Sunday Times The old stone villas have exposed wooden beams, wrought-iron beds with crisp linen sheets - and hammocks tied to the olive trees. Times, Sunday Times How she slept in moisturiser and plastic body suits and draped herself 'in linen sheets and towels in order to escape the sun's damaging rays'. Times, Sunday Times She wears a linen shirt, the collar of which she keeps plucking, and large blue jogging pants. Times, Sunday Times She was buried in a cape, several caps, a coarse habit, linen shirt, woollen breeches and had a shroud over her face. Times, Sunday Times A theory developed that wearing a linen shirt, and changing it often, was better and safer than washing, because it soaked up the sweat. Times, Sunday Times I had my flip-flops, my linen shirt, my baggy shorts. Times, Sunday Times I always take something smart to wear like a linen shirt: nice and fresh for a good night out dancing. Times, Sunday Times Two years later he went further, switching to a linen suit. Times, Sunday Times Decked out in a linen suit, brogues and smart tie, he was more aloof. Times, Sunday Times He makes his delayed entry in a gleaming linen suit, but there's no mistaking the almost slaveringly devouring ego. Times, Sunday Times And an only slightly crumpled linen suit. Times, Sunday Times Were jeans and a blazer appropriate, or was it an occasion for a linen suit but no tie? Times, Sunday Times To decorate a table required china, crystal, and silver for ten, a round linen tablecloth, and a centerpiece. Christianity Today But you can at least gently remind them of some of the more obvious dangers they face, in and around the cake-stand and the linen tablecloth. Times, Sunday Times The campfire, linen tablecloth and flickering lamps pile on the magic. Times, Sunday Times The restaurant juxtaposes harbour-front charm with a sumptuous 40-seat interior, complete with mustard leather banquettes, monogrammed plates and thick linen tablecloths. Times, Sunday Times The elegant dining room has linen tablecloths, but retains bags of character with its oak beams. Times, Sunday Times The room's dark tables were covered with fresh white linen. Times, Sunday Times (2009) On the plus side, the bed was comfortable, with crisp white linen. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The walls are all white, the windows dressed with white linen blinds. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Translations: Chinese: 亚麻布 Japanese: 麻 |
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