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woolsack

/wool-sak/US // ˈwʊlˌsæk //UK // (ˈwʊlˌsæk) //

羊毛袋,羊毛布袋,羊毛包,羊毛衫袋

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sack or bag of wool.
    • : British. one of a number of cloth-covered seats or divans stuffed with wool, for the use of judges, especially one for the Lord Chancellor.the Lord Chancellor's office.

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Examples

  • This led, as might be expected, not to the woolsack but to the authorship of Coningsby.

  • She was a woman that brought to bear upon foolish, culpable loves a mental power that would have adorned the woolsack.

  • That he would live to sit on the woolsack was now almost a certainty to the dear old lady.

  • The Woolsack, more especially the object of his ambition, was made a very uneasy seat to any occupant.

  • It's a long journey from the shop in the Strand to the woolsack you see, and he took sick at two-and-thirty I believe.