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burl

/burl/US // bɜrl //UK // (bɜːl) //

毛刺,毛坯,毛骨悚然,毛胚

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
    • : a dome-shaped growth on the trunk of a tree; a wartlike structure sometimes 2 feet across and 1 foot or more in height, sliced to make veneer.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to remove burls from in finishing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Scouting Report: Size-wise, Bob Costas (Syracuse '74) is clearly the underdog next to Oscar-winner Burl "Big Daddy" Ives.

  • Burl Jasperson was a portly little man with legs too short for his bulging body, and clothes that were too tight.

  • By the end of the third week out, Burl Jasperson was afflicted by an almost intolerable tension.

  • He was gone a long time, thought Burl, and when at last he returned his feet were dragging more than ever.

  • Only Burl had a vague idea of taking something to some place to do something with it.

  • Burl's fellow-humans were preoccupied with the filling of their stomachs.