cot·ton
noun/ˈkɒtn/
/ˈkɑːtn/
[uncountable]- a plant grown in warm countries for the soft white hairs around its seeds that are used to make cloth and thread
棉，棉花（植株） - From the age of six she worked in the fields, picking cotton.
从六岁起，她就在田里干活，摘棉花。 - bales of cotton
大包的棉花 - cotton fields/plantations/plants
棉田；棉花种植园；棉株
CultureIn the nineteenth century the cotton industry made the north-west of England one of the richest areas in the world. The cotton arrived at the port of Liverpool, was made into clothes in factories in Lancashire, and the clothes could be sent to other countries from Liverpool. The new inventions of the Industrial Revolution meant that the Lancashire factories could produce cotton goods and sell them around the world at lower prices than local goods. In the twentieth century many other countries developed their own cotton industries, and most of the Lancashire factories closed.In the US, the production of cotton was much improved after Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin (= a machine for separating the seeds of a cotton plant from the cotton).The economy of the South was strongly based on cotton in the nineteenth century, and this led to the civil war because the cotton plantations (= large farms) used slave labour. When the boll weevil insects destroyed many cotton fields in the early twentieth century, Southern farmers began to grow other crops.Topics Farmingb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- 100%
- pure
- light
- …
- bale
- bolt
- grow
- pick
- plant
- …
- fibre/fiber
- thread
- yarn
- …
- From the age of six she worked in the fields, picking cotton.
- the cloth made from the cotton plant
棉织物；棉布 - The sheets are 100 per cent pure cotton.
这些被单是 100% 纯棉的。 - a cotton shirt/skirt
棉布衬衫／裙子 - printed cotton cloth
印花棉布 - the cotton industry
棉纺织业 - a cotton mill
棉纺厂 - a pure cotton T-shirt
纯棉 T 恤 - shivering in her thin cotton nightdress
她穿着薄薄的棉质睡袍，浑身发抖
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- 100%
- pure
- light
- …
- bale
- bolt
- grow
- pick
- plant
- …
- fibre/fiber
- thread
- yarn
- …
- The sheets are 100 per cent pure cotton.
- (especially British English) thread that is used for sewing
棉线；棉纱 - sewing cotton
缝纫用棉线 - a cotton reel
棉线轴
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- 100%
- pure
- light
- …
- bale
- bolt
- grow
- pick
- plant
- …
- fibre/fiber
- thread
- yarn
- …
- sewing cotton
- (North American English)
enlarge image(US English also absorbent cotton)(British English cotton wool)a soft mass of white material that is used for cleaning the skin or a wound药棉；脱脂棉 - Use a cotton ball to apply the lotion.
用棉球涂护肤液。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- 100%
- pure
- light
- …
- bale
- bolt
- grow
- pick
- plant
- …
- fibre/fiber
- thread
- yarn
- …
- Use a cotton ball to apply the lotion.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French coton, from Arabic quṭn.