| 释义 |
lawn
I. \ˈlȯn, ˈlän\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Laon, town in northern France
1. : a sheer plainwoven cotton or linen fabric that is given various finishes (as semicrisp) when used for clothing
2. [so called from the use of the fabric lawn for the sleeves of an Anglican bishop's offical dress] : the office or dignity of a bishop
3.
a. : a lawn or silk sieve
b. : a brass or copper sieve of fine texture
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to screen (as pigment) through a lawn or silk screen
III. noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: alteration of laund
1. archaic
a. : an open space between woods : glade
b. : a level stretch on a mountainside
2. : ground covered with grass and not tilled; especially : ground covered with fine grass kept closely mowed especially in front of or about a house or as part of a garden or park
IV. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to make into or like a lawn |