喜樂美語
  1. 1/ˈlɪnən/ · /ˈlɪnɪn/亞麻布;(泛稱)寢具、桌布類布料

    Linen is a type of cloth made from the flax plant. It feels cool and a little rough compared to cotton, and it easily, but many people like it for summer clothes because it lets your skin breathe. The word is also used more loosely for anything cloth-like used in the home, even if it is not really made from flax - 'bed linen' means your sheets and pillowcases, and 'table linen' means and napkins, even when they are actually cotton or .

    示範例句 · Example

    Mum washes the bed linen every Sunday morning.

    逐字媽媽每個星期天早上洗那些床單被套。

    常見搭配

    • bed linen

      寢具（床單、枕套等）

      sheets, pillowcases and covers for a bed

      We bought new bed linen for the spare room.

    • table linen

      桌巾餐巾類布品

      tablecloths and napkins used at meals

      The restaurant uses white table linen for evening service.

    • clean/fresh linen

      乾淨的床單被套

      newly washed sheets and covers

      There is fresh linen on your bed.

    • linen cupboard/closet

      放寢具毛巾的櫃子

      a cupboard where sheets and towels are kept

      The spare towels are in the linen cupboard.

    意思相近

    beddingsheetsnapery

core核心畫面

組成Linen comes from Latin 'linum', the word for the flax plant it is made from.

意思相近

beddingsheetsnapery

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Linenname

  • 1

    A surname.

linennoun/ˈlɪnɪn/

  • 1

    Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

    • Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
  • 2

    Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.

    • She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.
    • But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook,[…].
  • 3

    A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

linenadj/ˈlɪnɪn/

  • 1

    Made from linen cloth or thread.

  • 2

    Having the colour linen, light beige.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。