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单词 rough-dry
释义

rough-dry

or rough·dry

[ ruhf-drahy ]
/ ˈrʌfˈdraɪ /

verb (used with object), rough-dried, rough-dry·ing.

to dry (laundry) after washing, without smoothing, ironing, etc.

adjective

(of laundered clothes, sheets, etc.) dried but not ironed.

Origin of rough-dry

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby rough-dry

rough breathing, roughcast, rough collie, rough cut, rough diamond, rough-dry, roughen, rougher, rough fish, rough-hew, roughhouse
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Example sentences from the Web for rough-dry

  • They are put on rough-dry in the morning, and so worn until they are considered dirty enough for another purification.

    Ben, the Luggage Boy;|Horatio Alger
  • She insisted on having every piece that moment—clean or dirty, ironed or rough-dry.

    L'Assommoir|Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for rough-dry

rough-dry

adjective

(of clothes or linen) dried ready for pressing

verb -dries, -drying or -dried

(tr) to dry (clothes or linen) without smoothing or pressing
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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