pongee
/pon-jee, pon-jee/US // pɒnˈdʒi, ˈpɒn dʒi //UK // (pɒnˈdʒiː, ˈpɒndʒiː) //
海棉,海棠,海棠花,绨袍
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
- : a cotton or rayon fabric imitating it.Compare Shantung, tussah.
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Examples
I dressed up in a new white pongee suit, which 14 is very becoming to Jeremiah, and I wore my best round white hemp hat.
She was wearing a gown of Nile green pongee, heavily trimmed with expensive ecru lace.
I am not aware that public personages clothe their limbs in Pongee silk.
Pongee is a beautiful, durable silk in different shades of natural color.
The tan pongee dress she wore set off her dark hair and expressive, bluish-gray eyes.
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