prunella
/proo-nel-uh/US // pruˈnɛl ə //UK // (pruːˈnɛlə) //
梅花香自苦寒来,梅花鹿,梅花,梅花桩
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a strong, lightweight worsted constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of women's and children's apparel.
- : a smooth-faced fabric made of mixed fibers or wool, formerly used in the manufacture of women's dresses and of robes for clerics, scholars, and lawyers.
Examples
And hark you, sir, never care three straws for praise or blame,—leather and prunella!
A little aristocrat she was, from the poise of her golden head to the tip of her prunella boots.
Higher, higher yet flames the Fire-Sea; crackling with new dislocated timber; hissing with leather and prunella.
One day she called Prunella to her, and said: 'Take this basket, go to the well, and bring it back to me filled with water.
Prunella did it quite innocently, not knowing that she was doing wrong in taking the fruit that hung close to the roadside.
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