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cerecloth

/seer-klawth, -kloth/US // ˈsɪərˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ //UK // (ˈsɪəˌklɒθ) //

脑布,脑布衣,脑衣,脑白金

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cere·cloths [seer-klawthz, -klothz, -klawths, -kloths]. /ˈsɪərˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/.

    • : cloth coated or impregnated with wax so as to be waterproof, formerly used for wrapping the dead, for bandages, etc.
    • : a piece of such cloth.

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Examples

  • I shut the drawer again hurriedly, and that doll in its silver paper cerecloth haunted me all night.

  • The best is a sort of cerecloth which he prepares specially with a very fine material.

  • So to bed, and there had a cerecloth laid to my foot and leg alone, but in great pain all night long.

  • Not a star sparkled in the sky, which was black as ink; nature seemed covered with a cerecloth; all presaged an approaching storm.