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whipcord

/hwip-kawrd, wip-/US // ˈʰwɪpˌkɔrd, ˈwɪp- //UK // (ˈwɪpˌkɔːd) //

鞭子线,鞭子绳,鞭绳,鞭索

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cotton, woolen, or worsted fabric with a steep, diagonally ribbed surface.
    • : a strong, hard-twisted cord, sometimes used for the lashes of whips.
    • : a cord made from the intestines of animals; catgut.

Examples

  • He was a tall, rather good-looking young fellow, all wire and whipcord, with a chronically whimsical expression.

  • I was unused to oaths at that time and they cut me like whipcord, but all the same my pulse was bounding joyfully.

  • Covert—A twill-woven cloth sometimes with full face, sometimes sheared to imitate whipcord.

  • The sailors, holding her wrists, could feel the whipcord tension of her muscles.

  • A keen, sparely built man made of leather and whipcord, with the Australian's shrewd blue eyes.