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handkerchief

/hang-ker-chif, -cheef/US // ˈhæŋ kər tʃɪf, -ˌtʃif //UK // (ˈhæŋkətʃɪf, -tʃiːf) //

手帕,手绢,手巾,掌上明珠

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
    • : a neckerchief or kerchief.

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Examples

  • Evans got up, wrapped a handkerchief around his hand and resumed shouting orders.

  • She’s working from her home in Brooklyn and she’s reaching for a handkerchief.

  • Being dapper is all about attention to detail, like sporting a perfectly tucked handkerchief in your suit pocket.

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

  • Avisar, who sports a green handkerchief and a face streaked with green paint, is from the city of Holon, near Tel Aviv.

  • Tessie rose, unrolled her scented handkerchief, and taking a bit of gum from a knot in the hem, placed it in her mouth.

  • A small lace handkerchief lay on the keys, and I turned away, choking.

  • She folded them tightly in a handkerchief, and thrust the parcel as far as her arm could reach between the mattress and the bed.

  • He did not think of the matter again till just as he was getting into bed, when he noticed a red stain upon his handkerchief.

  • He passed his handkerchief for the last time over face and head, and resumed his wig.

  • The handkerchief glimmered on the counter, more white than anything else in that grey dusk.

  • With hands nervously working within her muff, she suddenly missed the handkerchief which she had placed there.