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raveling

/rav-uh-ling/US // ˈræv ə lɪŋ //

蹂躏,狂欢,蹂躏的,狂欢节

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something raveled out, as a thread drawn or separated from a knitted or woven fabric.

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Examples

  • By raveling off about four inches from each leg he got enough cotton thread to patch the other two wicks with.

  • He'd been raveling off his pants for more splices until he blushed to look at himself.

  • In dry climates, a layer six inches thick will be adequate if it can be kept from raveling.

  • Baste also one-fourth inch hems at the outside edges of the side lengths which are raveling.

  • Bastions and raveling were everywhere rising, constructed on principles unknown to Parma and Spinola.