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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

cloth

/klawth, kloth/US // klɔθ, klɒθ //UK // (klɒθ) //

布料,布,布艺,布匹

Related Words

material材料,材质,资料,物质goods货物cotton棉花,棉布,纺织品,棉纱stuff东西,东西的,东西的问题bolt螺栓,螺栓连接,闩,闩上weave编织,编造,编织物,编制synthetics合成物,合成材料,合成纤维,人造材料tissue组织,纸巾,纸组织,组织的twill斜纹布,斜纹,斜纹纸,斜纹棉布calico印花布,花布,花棉布,花纹布textiles纺织品,纺织,纺织业,织物dry goods干货,乾貨,干燥的货物,旱货yard goods院子里的货物,院子里的物品,院子里的东西,院子里的商品

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cloths [klawthz, klothz, klawths, kloths]. /klɔðz, klɒðz, klɔθs, klɒθs/.

    • : a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
    • : a piece of such a fabric for a particular purpose: an altar cloth.
    • : the particular attire of any profession, especially that of the clergy.Compare man of the cloth.
    • : the cloth, the clergy: men of the cloth.
    • : Nautical. one of the lengths of canvas or duck of standard width sewn side by side to form a sail, awning, or tarpaulin.any of various pieces of canvas or duck for reinforcing certain areas of a sail.a number of sails taken as a whole.
    • : Obsolete. a garment; clothing.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or made of cloth: She wore a cloth coat trimmed with fur.
    • : clothbound.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounfabric
Synonyms
cotton棉花,棉布,纺织品,棉纱goods货物material材料,材质,资料,物质stuff东西,东西的,东西的问题bolt螺栓,螺栓连接,闩,闩上calico印花布,花布,花棉布,花纹布synthetics合成物,合成材料,合成纤维,人造材料textiles纺织品,纺织,纺织业,织物tissue组织,纸巾,纸组织,组织的twill斜纹布,斜纹,斜纹纸,斜纹棉布weave编织,编造,编织物,编制dry goods干货,乾貨,干燥的货物,旱货yard goods院子里的货物,院子里的物品,院子里的东西,院子里的商品

Examples

  • When you wear a mask – even a cloth mask – you typically are exposed to a lower dose of the coronavirus than if you didn’t.

  • Surgical masks are not as protective as N95s, but they do shield the wearer from droplets and fluids better than the now ubiquitous cloth masks—3% to 25% better, depending on the study.

  • Although all trainees and staff were required to wear cloth masks, campers were not.

  • Many cloth masks you can buy today are made of simple cotton, but the World Health Organization recommends that non-medical fabric masks have three layers of fabric, each made of a different material to serve a different protective role.

  • In addition to paper, kirigami can reshape sheets of wood, cloth or metal.

  • Paper and cloth are cheap, what people are paying for is the story.

  • The figure enters the elevator and is then seen quickly leaving the mall, black cloth flapping behind it.

  • Waving a silk cloth, he declared, “Gentlemen, I will have this land just as surely as I now have this handkerchief.”

  • No piece of cloth throughout history has sparked more controversy as the veil.

  • Novelty aside, the real question is whether these avowedly chaste men of the cloth are listening.

  • He thrust the Cardinal's mantle into it, and stood over the smouldering cloth, till the whole was consumed to ashes.

  • Her eyes were not nearly as soft as they had been, while she picked up the hanging folds of pink cloth, and went on.

  • Great had been her indignation at the want of respect shown to the Reverend John Dodd's cloth.

  • Ramona had covered the box with white cloth, and the lace altar-cloth thrown over it fell in folds to the floor.

  • Instead of a cloth, on each table was a sheet of fine glazed paper which had the appearance of oiled silk.

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