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dyed-in-the-wool

/dahyd-n-thuh-wool/US // ˈdaɪd n ðəˈwʊl //

烂熟于心的,烂熟于心,烂熟于心的人,痴心妄想

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : through and through; complete: a dyed-in-the-wool reformer.
    • : dyed before weaving.

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Examples

  • France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.

  • Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

  • Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.

  • This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.

  • Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.

  • Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

  • Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!

  • The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.

  • So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.

  • Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.