喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈdenɪm/牛仔布；丹寧布

    A type of strong cotton cloth, usually blue, that is used especially to make jeans, and also jackets, shirts, skirts, and bags.

    示範例句 · Example

    Aisha wore a denim jacket over her yellow dress.

    逐字艾莎在她的黃色洋裝外面穿了一件丹寧布外套。

    denim 指的是那種厚厚的、通常是藍色的棉布本身，不是衣服。它不可數，所以不說 a denim 或 two denims；要講衣服就在後面加東西：a denim jacket、a denim skirt，褲子則直接叫 jeans。台灣說的「丹寧」就是 denim 的音譯，日常口語多半講「牛仔布」。

    常見搭配

    • be made of denim

      用牛仔布做的

      to have denim as the material it is made from

      This apron is made of denim, so paint does not go through it.

    • a denim jacket

      牛仔外套

      a jacket made of denim

      Leo hung his denim jacket on the back of the chair.

    • denim jeans

      牛仔布做的牛仔褲

      jeans made of denim cloth

      He was wearing denim jeans and white running shoes.

    • blue denim

      藍色牛仔布

      denim in its usual blue colour

      She chose blue denim for the curtains in her workroom.

    • faded denim

      洗到褪色的牛仔布

      denim whose colour has become lighter with washing and use

      The older the faded denim looks, the more Ren likes it.

    • wear denim

      穿牛仔布的衣服

      to wear clothes made of denim

      Our teacher wears denim almost every day.

    • a denim shirt

      牛仔襯衫

      a shirt made of denim

      Hana wore old jeans and a soft denim shirt to the picnic.

    意思相近

    dungareejean cloth

core核心畫面

Hold this picture: a thick, tough blue cotton cloth — the stuff jeans are made of. Rub it and you feel the weave; wear it long enough and it at the knees where you bend.

手裡摸到一塊厚厚的、藍色的棉布，很挺、很耐磨——牛仔褲用的就是這種布。它的特色是穿越久顏色越淡，膝蓋、口袋邊會先褪成白，所以一件舊 denim 看得出主人怎麼用它。這個字指的是「布料本身」，不是某件衣服。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

意思相近

dungareejean cloth

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

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denimnoun/ˈdɛnɪm/

  • 1

    A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

    • The Mexican people want a cheaper grade of drillings, sheetings, denims, and other fabrics than are called for in our domestic markets, and purchase them in England because they can not be bought in the United States.
    • Fabrics: Gamine fabrics are informal as possible. For sports: tweeds, flannels, suedes, cottons, and denims;

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