| 单词 | cotton gin |
| 释义 | cotton ginWord family nouncottonadecottonocracycotton budcotton gincottonmouthcottonseedcottontailcottonweedcottonwoodcotton woolcottonadjectivecottonycotton-picking Material & textiles ˈcotton gin noun [countableC] TIMa machine that separates the seeds of a cotton plant from the cotton 轧棉机,轧花机 Examples from the Corpus cotton gin• Eli Whitney, famous for the cotton gin, also developed mass production techniques for muskets.• Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793.• The cotton gin was a machine for separating the cotton from the cotton seeds. (1700-1800) gin “machine” (1300-1400) From Old French engin “engine” |
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