| 单词 | round towel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasround towel round towel n. a towel which has the two ends sewed together, esp. one placed on a roller so that a clean area of towel is available to a succession of users.In quot. 1845 attributive, designating something repetitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > rubbing with towel > towel > roller-towel jack-towel1590 round towel1724 roller cloth1803 roller towel1808 horse-towel1861 runner1865 1724 Daily Jrnl. 22 Feb. One Childs Dust Gown, one round Towel, one Diaper Napkin mark'd B. 1795 Warrant Regulation of Barracks 17 One Round Towel per Week, to be fixed on a Roller. 1845 Ainsworth's Mag. 8 71 I at last became quite tired of him and his string of repetitions, or round towel speaking. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 452 A pulley is firmly fastened to the foot of the bed (an ordinary round towel is a useful one). 1908 G. Jekyll Children & Gardens ii. 12 If it can have a small pantry containing a water supply and a sink,..and a round towel handy, it will be better than if these necessaries were in the kitchen itself. 1979 F. B. Smith People's Health, 1830–1910 v. v. 391 Normally there was one round towel provided for each 8 patients. < as lemmas |
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