sleave
/sleev/US // sliv //UK // (sliːv) //
袖子,袖口,袖套,袖珍
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
sleaved, sleav·ing.
- : to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : anything matted or raveled.
- : a filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread.
- : a silk in the form of such filaments.
Examples
“I love you—I love you—” until at last sleep helped to knit up the ravelled sleave of care.
The Italian form is sciamito, "a kind of sleave, feret, or filosello silke" (Florio).
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