bombazine

/bom-buh-zeen, bom-buh-zeen/US // ˌbɒm bəˈzin, ˈbɒm bəˌzin //UK // (ˌbɒmbəˈziːn, ˈbɒmbəˌziːn) //

炸药,轰炸剂,轰炸机,爆炸物

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.

Queen Victoria had the reputation of being a humorless, dour battleaxe, a Terminator in bombazine.
I'm sure you look very nice in your bombazine; and it's very nicely made up.
I experienced the first symptom of this epidemic at a bombazine ball in the city of Norwich.
The faded gentlewoman was affected the same way and even Cousin Park's bombazine basque unbent a bit.
Black priests are plenty in the streets, walking about in bombazine robes, with the crisp hair shaven from their crowns.
No one could deny that she was a superb creature, even in that cheap bombazine dress and gloomy black bonnet.