thistledown

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantsthistledownthis‧tle‧down /ˈθɪsəldaʊn/ noun [uncountable] HBPthe soft feathery substance fastened to thistle seeds that helps them to float in the airExamples from the Corpusthistledown• A thistledown floated into the bright phallus of the sunbeam and hovered over his face.• He blew a bit of thistledown from the still-wet surface of his picture.• She was no lightweight, yet he had lifted her as though she were thistledown.

单词	thistledown
释义	thistledown From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantsthistledownthis‧tle‧down /ˈθɪsəldaʊn/ noun [uncountable] HBPthe soft feathery substance fastened to thistle seeds that helps them to float in the airExamples from the Corpusthistledown• A thistledown floated into the bright phallus of the sunbeam and hovered over his face.• He blew a bit of thistledown from the still-wet surface of his picture.• She was no lightweight, yet he had lifted her as though she were thistledown.
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