Skip to main content

lint

/lint/US // lɪnt //UK // (lɪnt) //

皮棉,皮特,皮脂,薄荷

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
    • : staple cotton fiber used to make yarn.
    • : cotton waste produced by the ginning process.
    • : a soft material for dressing wounds, procured by scraping or otherwise treating linen cloth.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Microplastics encompass numerous chemical compounds, come in all shapes, and range in size from visible bits of lint to the nano-scale.

  • That kind of pipe should not have any screws because lint builds up on the screws, and that can cause lots of problems.

  • Washing and drying laundry removes little bits of lint and dye from fabrics.

  • Animals exposed to plastic-tainted dryer lint had broken DNA.

  • Most research on environmental risks from the release of laundry lint has focused on plastic fibers.

  • Meanwhile, the group claims, Somers acted dismissive and at one point in the meeting picked lint off his jacket.

  • Mostly lint, but sometimes an opening for a book floats to the surface.

  • Makeup is reapplied, lint rollers are re-rolled, and string is cut from the inside of a sock.

  • Fergan accepted Simonne's offer and sat down upon a bench, while the young woman looked for the lint in her pockets.

  • Quin asked, brushing a speck of lint from the toe of his shining shoe.

  • It is painful but thorough; it is spread on lint and renewed daily.

  • There, get me a bit of lint,” he continued, “and you shall see how easily and well I will do this.

  • I sent Frank some lint the other day, and a bundle of it for Mr. Halsey is by me.