| 单词 | hard-spun |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard-spun hard-spun adj. (of yarn, etc.) tightly twisted in spinning; also (and in earliest use) figurative. ΚΠ 1677 N. Lee in J. Dryden State Innocence sig. A4 You took her thence: to Court this Virgin brought Drest her with gemms, new weav'd her hard spun thought And softest language, sweetest manners taught. 1717 D. Prat Answer Snape's 2nd Let. to Bishop of Bangor 39 His whole Performance being one Contexture of hard spun Fallacies. 1774 Morning Chron. 10 Sept. Please to let him bring a dozen yards of hard-spun rope with him. 1874 Monthly Jrnl. Jan. 5/1 There is nothing so good for men's socks, as fine, hard-spun lamb's-wool. 1906 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 864/2 at Yarn The yarn is defined as soft spun, medium spun, hard spun, according to the amount of twist it has received. 2009 Paléorient 35 6/2 Whorls with a large diameter are well suited for spinning a hard-spun thread. < as lemmas |
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