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单词 lisle
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Definition of lisle in English:

lisle

(also lisle thread)
nounlʌɪllaɪl
mass noun
  • A fine, smooth cotton thread used especially for stockings.

    莱尔线(用于织袜子的精细平滑棉线)

    usually as modifier black lisle stockings
    count noun silks, lisles, and chiffons
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Very often lisle threads are added to the foot and garter-top to increase the durability of the stockings.
    • During the war years she wore black lisle stockings for work, but it was the Du Pont nylons that were the most prized.
    • We tailor our double mercerized 100% Egyptian cotton lisles in a classic golf cut, mindful of the necessary balance between freedom of movement and an elegant fit.
    • She said: ‘We had a navy gym slip (which had to touch the ground while kneeling) and white blouse, thick navy fleecy lined bloomers plus pocket, lisle stockings, velour hats, navy coats and blazers with a red enamelled badge.’
    • I stood out like a sore thumb in my lisle knee-socks and street clothes.
    • She wears heavy brogue shoes and those thick lisle stockings.
    • Fawn lisle or black woollen stockings and lace up shoes were required, but during the war with the shortage of clothing girls were allowed to wear three quarter grey woollen socks.
    • She went off to Oxford in the late 1930s in a serviceable tweed suit and thick lisle stockings.
    • My uniform was a navy gym frock and blazer, a white blouse, and black lisle or woollen stockings.
    • They aimed to create alternatives so stylish that, as one supporter wrote hopefully, after observing a non-silk parade, ‘one would think that lisle stockings were the latest fashion decree.’

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Lisle, former spelling of Lille, the original place of manufacture.

Rhymes

aisle, Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, isle, Kabyle, kyle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile

Definition of lisle in US English:

lisle

(also lisle thread)
nounlīllaɪl
  • A fine, smooth cotton thread used especially for hosiery.

    莱尔线(用于织袜子的精细平滑棉线)

    usually as modifier black lisle stockings
    count noun silks, lisles, and chiffons
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Very often lisle threads are added to the foot and garter-top to increase the durability of the stockings.
    • We tailor our double mercerized 100% Egyptian cotton lisles in a classic golf cut, mindful of the necessary balance between freedom of movement and an elegant fit.
    • She wears heavy brogue shoes and those thick lisle stockings.
    • They aimed to create alternatives so stylish that, as one supporter wrote hopefully, after observing a non-silk parade, ‘one would think that lisle stockings were the latest fashion decree.’
    • During the war years she wore black lisle stockings for work, but it was the Du Pont nylons that were the most prized.
    • Fawn lisle or black woollen stockings and lace up shoes were required, but during the war with the shortage of clothing girls were allowed to wear three quarter grey woollen socks.
    • She went off to Oxford in the late 1930s in a serviceable tweed suit and thick lisle stockings.
    • She said: ‘We had a navy gym slip (which had to touch the ground while kneeling) and white blouse, thick navy fleecy lined bloomers plus pocket, lisle stockings, velour hats, navy coats and blazers with a red enamelled badge.’
    • I stood out like a sore thumb in my lisle knee-socks and street clothes.
    • My uniform was a navy gym frock and blazer, a white blouse, and black lisle or woollen stockings.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Lisle, former spelling of Lille, the original place of manufacture.

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