whipcord / ˈʰwɪpˌkɔrd, ˈwɪp- /

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whipcord 的定义

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

更多whipcord例句

  1. He was a tall, rather good-looking young fellow, all wire and whipcord, with a chronically whimsical expression.
  2. I was unused to oaths at that time and they cut me like whipcord, but all the same my pulse was bounding joyfully.
  3. Covert—A twill-woven cloth sometimes with full face, sometimes sheared to imitate whipcord.
  4. The sailors, holding her wrists, could feel the whipcord tension of her muscles.
  5. A keen, sparely built man made of leather and whipcord, with the Australian's shrewd blue eyes.