cotton是什么意思_cotton怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

cotton: cotton: [14] As with knowledge of the plant, its name cotton came to Europe from the Middle East. It originated in Arabic qutn, which passed via Spanish into the other languages of Europe. English acquired it via Old French coton. The verbal idiom cotton (on) to ‘come to understand’ developed in the 20th century from an earlier ‘harmonize, agree’. This in turn has been traced back to a still earlier ‘prosper’, which seems to have originated in the 16th century with the notion of the successful raising of the nap on cotton cloth.
cotton (n.): late 13c., from Old French coton (12c.), ultimately (via Provençal, Italian, or Old Spanish) from Arabic qutn, a word perhaps of Egyptian origin. Philip Miller of the Chelsea Physic Garden sent the first cotton seeds to American colony of Georgia in 1732. Also ultimately from the Arabic word, Dutch katoen, German Kattun, Provençal coton, Italian cotone, Spanish algodon, Portuguese algodão. Cotton gin is recorded from 1794 (see gin (n.2)).
cotton (v.): "to get on with" someone (usually with to), 1560s, perhaps from Welsh cytuno "consent, agree." But perhaps also a metaphor from cloth finishing and thus from cotton (n.). Related: Cottoned; cottoning.

词态变化

复数 cottons;

1. Some of the food crops failed. However, the cotton did quite well.: 有些粮食作物歉收。但棉花的收成仍相当不错。

2. Because it was warm, David wore only a white cotton shirt.: 因为天气暖和，戴维只穿了一件白色的棉衬衣。

5. He wore brown corduroy pants and a white cotton shirt.: 他身着棕色灯芯绒裤子和白色棉衬衫。

thread 线

cord 细绳

yarn 纱

strand 缕

fibre 纤维

fiber 纤维(物质)

filament 细丝

line 线

cotton wool 原棉

cotton fiber 棉纤维

cotton plant 棉树

cotton cloth 棉布

cotton on 领会,懂得,理解;对…产生好感,喜欢

cotton with v.与...和谐

cotton to v. 交好

cotton wool n.原棉,棉絮(=cotton batting)

bale cotton 成包原棉

acetylated cotton 乙酰化棉

Burma cotton 缅甸棉

embroidery cotton 刺绣纱线，绣花纱线

cotton ball 棉球，硼钠钙石

cotton denim 棉质牛仔布

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