teasel

/tee-zuhl/US // ˈti zəl //UK // (ˈtiːzəl) //

茶叶,茶树,茶杯,茶叶蛋

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.Compare teasel family.
- : the dried flower head or bur of the plant D. fullonum, used for teasing or teaseling cloth.
- : any mechanical contrivance used for teaseling.

v.有主动词 verb

1
tea·seled, tea·sel·ing or tea·selled, tea·sel·ling.
- : to raise a nap on with teasels; dress by means of teasels.

All these Indians spin the thread, of which they make their nets, of a kind of teasel.
But none of these processes have succeeded in discarding the natural teasel from the most eminent manufactories.
In fact, 'the seal of the Port-reeve bears a church between a teasel and a saltire, with the sun and moon above.'
We conclude this chapter with a description of the common Teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris) of the order Dipsace.
Tease, earlier toose, means to pluck or pull to pieces, hence the name teasel for the thistle used by wool-carders.