| 单词 | homespun |
| 释义 | homespun (once / 3801 pages) adjn Something homespun has a simple, coarse feel, like your homespun plan to bring about world peace by giving everyone a daily spoonful of your aunt’s delicious strawberry jam. Homespun literally means spun at home. If you spin the wool from your sheep into yarn, and then make a dress out of it, it won’t be as fine or precise as fabric spun in a factory. Back in the day when large portions of the population couldn't afford milled cloth, homespun fabric marked you as poor, or just a farmer living off the land. Today we use homespun to describe anything that seems homemade, simple, or folksy, from homespun linens to homespun philosophies of life. WORD FAMILYhomespun: homespuns USAGE EXAMPLESInside were trunks packed with perfectly preserved Victorian-age garments and goods, hand-sewn men’s shirts, painstakingly embroidered napkins and homespun baby clothes. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) The sequence epitomizes the scrappy resourcefulness of this production, whose homespun look and roughhousing energy are admirably suited to French writer Alfred Jarry’s landmark play. Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016) It’s faithful, but notable for its obvious materiality, the crisp lines of the fabric rendered rough and homespun by the artist’s hand. The Guardian(Dec 02, 2016) 1adj made of cloth spun or woven in the home homespun linen homespun garments Syn homemade made or produced in the home or by yourself 2adj of textiles; having a rough surface a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns Syn nubbly, nubby, slubbed, tweedy rough, unsmooth having or caused by an irregular surface 3adj characteristic of country life the air of homespun country boys Syn cracker-barrel, folksy rural living in or characteristic of farming or country life 4n a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home Hypo|Hyper russet a reddish brown homespun fabric cloth, fabric, material, textile artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers |
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