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linen/ˈlinin/ n. & adj.●n. 1a cloth woven from flax 亚麻布 b a particular kind of this 亚麻布类 2 (collect. 集合名词) articles made, or originally made, of linen, e.g. sheets, cloths, shirts, undergarments, etc. 亚麻制品(如床单、布料、衬衣、内衣等) ●adj. made of linen or flax 亚麻制成的 linen cloth 亚麻布 □ wash one's dirty linen in public be indiscreet about one's domestic quarrels etc. 家丑外扬 [Old English līnen from West Germanic: related to obsolete line ‘flax’] |