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单词 whole cloth
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Definition of whole cloth in English:

whole cloth

noun
mass noun
  • Cloth of the full size as manufactured, as distinguished from a piece cut off for a garment or other item.

    (未剪裁过的)整幅布

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This was used to chop out the appliqué element from whole cloth.
    • First, take a piece of whole cloth, the fibers of which crisscross in a way similar to that of the skin of the perineum, and try to tear it in half.
    • The distinctive patterns of quilts are created from sewn-together pieces of cloth, appliquéd cutout designs, or a solid piece of fabric called whole cloth.
    • The earliest quilts on colonial American beds were made of whole cloth, with the visual interest created by the quilting patterns high-lighted by the gloss of the elegant fabrics, such as silk and glazed worsteds.
    • These quilts - some pieced, others whole cloth and coming in all sizes from crib to king size - tell a story of hard work, dedication and a heart of compassion for impoverished people around the world.
    • The quilt is hand quilted as you would a whole cloth quilt.
    • The whole cloth quilts, strip quilts, medallion quilts, and appliqué and patchwork quilts took on new looks with the new fabrics made possible by advancing cloth-printing techniques.
    • A number of quilt types are represented in this exhibition, including album, appliqué, chintz appliqué, pieced, and whole cloth.

Phrases

  • out of (the) whole cloth

    • informal With no basis in fact or reality.

      she created conspiracy theories out of the whole cloth

      有阴谋的各种说法纯粹是她捏造的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • When you make stuff up out of whole cloth, it should have some effect on your credibility.
      • Don't we have enough diseases in the world without inventing one out of whole cloth?
      • Such fears haven't been spun out of whole cloth.
      • It's not just a misquotation, or an incorrect fact or figure, it's an admission that, basically, the entire story was made up out of whole cloth.
      • He is a scholar of some caliber, and he does not simply create material out of whole cloth.
      • It is to be created out of whole cloth using the revenue that would usually be funneled to retirees.
      • I began to wish that he had just taken this same group of talented actors and fashioned a collective creation out of whole cloth.
      • But if you have to create a brand out of whole cloth - well, that's more of an art.
      • That argument seems to be made out of whole cloth.
      • But caricatures that carry weight with many thoughtful people are not woven out of whole cloth.
      • I expect newspapers to misquote and misunderstand Church officials and to overemphasize minor points, but not to make up quotations out of whole cloth.
      • Italian performer Ennio Marchetto talks about creating celebrities out of whole cloth.
      • These modern versions of ancient traditions are often created out of whole cloth, but they offer the pleasure of enjoying an old-time religion without engaging one's own past.
      • Directors Louis Pepe and Keith Fulton, who gave us Lost in La Mancha a couple of years ago, created their own documentary out of whole cloth this time.
      • At this point the story was being concocted out of whole cloth: the blog reported that the documents might be fake.
      • His ‘evidence’ was largely manufactured out of whole cloth by administration lackies or based upon questionable data.
      • Making up facts out of whole cloth - even if they fit logically into the historical context - is criminal.
      • Moreover, there is the nagging question of whether she is deliberately embroidering this story, or even making it up out of whole cloth.
      • Facts were fabricated from whole cloth by wild rumor and fueled by crowd hysteria, fear, desperation and downright anger.
      • Out of nowhere - not even whole cloth - they've created a need, and they know just how to fill it.

Definition of whole cloth in US English:

whole cloth

noun
  • Cloth of the full size as manufactured, as distinguished from a piece cut off for a garment or other item.

    (未剪裁过的)整幅布

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These quilts - some pieced, others whole cloth and coming in all sizes from crib to king size - tell a story of hard work, dedication and a heart of compassion for impoverished people around the world.
    • The whole cloth quilts, strip quilts, medallion quilts, and appliqué and patchwork quilts took on new looks with the new fabrics made possible by advancing cloth-printing techniques.
    • The quilt is hand quilted as you would a whole cloth quilt.
    • First, take a piece of whole cloth, the fibers of which crisscross in a way similar to that of the skin of the perineum, and try to tear it in half.
    • The distinctive patterns of quilts are created from sewn-together pieces of cloth, appliquéd cutout designs, or a solid piece of fabric called whole cloth.
    • This was used to chop out the appliqué element from whole cloth.
    • A number of quilt types are represented in this exhibition, including album, appliqué, chintz appliqué, pieced, and whole cloth.
    • The earliest quilts on colonial American beds were made of whole cloth, with the visual interest created by the quilting patterns high-lighted by the gloss of the elegant fabrics, such as silk and glazed worsteds.

Phrases

  • out of (the) whole cloth

    • informal Totally false.

      〈北美,非正式〉纯属捏造的,完全假的

      the allegations had been created out of whole cloth
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That argument seems to be made out of whole cloth.
      • Don't we have enough diseases in the world without inventing one out of whole cloth?
      • But if you have to create a brand out of whole cloth - well, that's more of an art.
      • His ‘evidence’ was largely manufactured out of whole cloth by administration lackies or based upon questionable data.
      • It's not just a misquotation, or an incorrect fact or figure, it's an admission that, basically, the entire story was made up out of whole cloth.
      • I began to wish that he had just taken this same group of talented actors and fashioned a collective creation out of whole cloth.
      • Out of nowhere - not even whole cloth - they've created a need, and they know just how to fill it.
      • These modern versions of ancient traditions are often created out of whole cloth, but they offer the pleasure of enjoying an old-time religion without engaging one's own past.
      • When you make stuff up out of whole cloth, it should have some effect on your credibility.
      • Making up facts out of whole cloth - even if they fit logically into the historical context - is criminal.
      • He is a scholar of some caliber, and he does not simply create material out of whole cloth.
      • I expect newspapers to misquote and misunderstand Church officials and to overemphasize minor points, but not to make up quotations out of whole cloth.
      • Moreover, there is the nagging question of whether she is deliberately embroidering this story, or even making it up out of whole cloth.
      • Facts were fabricated from whole cloth by wild rumor and fueled by crowd hysteria, fear, desperation and downright anger.
      • Such fears haven't been spun out of whole cloth.
      • It is to be created out of whole cloth using the revenue that would usually be funneled to retirees.
      • But caricatures that carry weight with many thoughtful people are not woven out of whole cloth.
      • At this point the story was being concocted out of whole cloth: the blog reported that the documents might be fake.
      • Italian performer Ennio Marchetto talks about creating celebrities out of whole cloth.
      • Directors Louis Pepe and Keith Fulton, who gave us Lost in La Mancha a couple of years ago, created their own documentary out of whole cloth this time.
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