单词 | whipcord |
释义 | whipcord (once / 19634 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY whipcord: whipcords USAGE EXAMPLESHe was a short, intense man with a whipcord body who had been through the Green Berets’ scuba-diving school. Richard Preston, The Hot Zone(1994) He began showing up at the barn in neat gray suits, dark vests, whipcord trousers, wing tips, and on race days a restrained Republican tie. Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend(2001) You can almost see the movie's muscles flexing and the veins standing out like whipcords on its forehead. The Guardian(Jan 10, 2013) 1 n closely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whips 2Hyper cord a line made of twisted fibers or threads n a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib Hyper cloth, fabric, material, textile artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers |
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