| 释义 |
shawl
I. \ˈshȯl\ noun
(s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Persian shāl
1. : a simple garment or wrapper usually made of a square or oblong piece of fabric (as wool) and used especially as a covering for the head or shoulders or as a light blanket
2. : something that resembles a shawl; specifically : a section of window glass cut from a glass cylinder and split lengthwise preparatory to flattening
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to wrap in or as if in a shawl
< little convoys of overloaded donkeys and gaily shawled women — John Masters >
< eucalypt forests shawled the quiet earth — June Hartnett >
< hostility … carefully shawled under her function as hostess — Elizabeth M. Roberts > |