| 单词 | straight-grained |
| 释义 | straight-grained (once / 117023 pages) adj WORD FAMILY straight-grained USAGE EXAMPLESLightweight, rot-resistant, straight-grained and easy to work with, chestnut wood was used to build houses, barns, telegraph poles, railroad ties, furniture and even musical instruments. Scientific American(Mar 01, 2014) The shaft of this was straight-grained, well-seasoned, and tough, but an oaken staff would serve its purpose quite as well. Ingersoll, Ernest, The Ice Queen(2012) The kind most used in the United States resembles a straight-grained morocco. Bailey, Arthur Low, Library Bookbinding(2011) adj of timber; having fibers that run in parallel Syn even being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with) |
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