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mohair

/moh-hair/US // ˈmoʊˌhɛər //UK // (ˈməʊˌhɛə) //

马海毛,马海尔,马海里,马海瑞

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
    • : a fabric made of yarn from this fleece, in a plain weave for draperies and in a pile weave for upholstery.
    • : a garment made of this fabric.

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Examples

  • And it was fur of every variety: brushed mohair, alpaca, ponyhair, and astrakhan.

  • A friend upholsters this chair every fifth year, and it is currently covered in red mohair velvet.

  • Her onscreen costume was a curiously intimate range of electric-blue mohair sweaters.

  • No one really wanted to be seen again in mohair and ripped stockings.

  • The Black Gnat—dubbed with black mohair, the wings of the lightest part of a starling.

  • Cow Dung Fly—dubbed with light brown and yellow camlet mixed, or dirty lemon coloured mohair with the hackle of a landrail.

  • With a rough mitten made out of either mohair, crash, or turkish towel, the entire body should now be rubbed until it is pink.

  • One day, a merchant came into the school, and saw a little girl at work on a mohair net.

  • Worsted and mohair yarns intended for the manufacture of braids are singed by gas, a process technically known as “Genapping.”