英语词汇“grass、cloth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

grass-cloth

释义

ˈgrass-cloth
a. A fine light cloth, resembling linen, woven from the fibres of the inner bark of the grass-cloth plant (Boehmeria nivea).
b. A thick fabric made in the Canary islands from some vegetable fibre.
1857R. Tomes Amer. in Japan iv. 92 Long flowing robes of yellow and blue grass-cloth.a1858N. Wilson in Homans Cycl. Comm. 845 My entire success in the cultivation of the China grass-cloth plant (Bœhmeria nivea) introduced [into Jamaica] in 1854.1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 306 A water net..is made of grass-cloth or some coarse material.1883Burton & Cameron To Gold Coast I. v. 125 The articles of dress [in the Canaries] were grass-cloth, thick as matting [etc.].1884Weekly Scotsman 9 Feb. 1/7 The grass cloth of the Chinese..is said to rival the best French cambric in softness and fineness of texture.

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