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jute

/joot/US // dʒut //UK // (dʒuːt) //

黄麻,大麻,麻布,麻将

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a strong, coarse fiber used for making burlap, gunny, cordage, etc., obtained from two East Indian plants, Corchorus capsularis and C. olitorius, of the linden family.
    • : either of these plants.
    • : any plant of the same genus.

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Examples

  • I figure if he just says jute enough times, it will all pass and we'll get back to the scene.

  • Would he have been careful enough to destroy the odd pieces of jute you've left so messily about?

  • Muslim India was rich in farming, silk, and jute and from textile industry to ship building.

  • The remark “is totally going to lose him the Norman, Druid, Jute and Saracen vote,” one wit commented.

  • The bodies had been placed in jute sacks and covered with lime.

  • A mattress—a common jute bag stuffed with straw—and a blanket of thin shoddy came first.

  • The common jute comes principally from the province of Bengal, India, where it was first known to science in 1725.

  • Jute occupies third position in importance of vegetable fibers in the manufacturing scale, being inferior to cotton and flax.

  • Jute fibre is obtained from two varieties of plants which appear to differ only in the shape of the fruit or seed vessel.

  • After these assorting operations are completed, the jute fibre is made up into bundles or "bojahs" of 200 lbs.