wool: [OE] Wool goes back to Indo-European *wlná, which also produced Latin lāna (source of English lanolin [19]), Czech vlna, Polish we?na, and Welsh gwlān (probable source of English flannel). In prehistoric Germanic it had become *wullō, which evolved into German wolle, Dutch wol, Swedish ull, Danish uld, and English wool. => flannel, lanolin
wool (n.)
Old English wull "wool, fine soft hair which forms the coat of some animals," from Proto-Germanic *wulno (cognates: Old Norse ull, Old Frisian wolle, Middle Dutch wolle, Dutch wol, Old High German wolla, German wolle, Gothic wulla), from PIE *wele- (1) "wool" (cognates: Sanskrit urna; Avestan varena; Greek lenos "wool;" Latin lana "wool," vellus "fleece;" Old Church Slavonic vluna, Russian vulna, Lithuanian vilna "wool;" Middle Irish olann, Welsh gwlan "wool").
Figurative expression pull the wool over (someone's) eyes is recorded from 1838, American English. To be literally dyed in the wool (1725, as opposed to dyed in the piece) is to be so before spinning, while the material is in its raw state, which has a more durable effect; hence the figurative sense "from the beginning; most thoroughly," attested from 1809, and especially, in U.S. politics, from 1830.
雙語例句
1. It's 50 per cent wool, 50 per cent acrylic.
它含50%的羊毛、50%的丙烯酸纖維。
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2. She was wearing wool slacks and a paisley smock.
她穿著羊毛寬松褲和渦旋花紋寬袍。
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3. The adaptability of wool is one of its great attractions.
用途廣泛是羊毛最具吸引力的特點(diǎn)之一。
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4. Wool traps your body heat, keeping the chill at bay.
毛織品能夠保暖御寒。
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5. Natural fabrics like silk and wool are better insulators than synthetics.