cotton
cotton 英 [ˈkɒtn] 美 [ˈkɑtn]
n. 棉花；棉布；
进行时:cottoning 过去式:cottoned 过去分词:cottoned 第三人称单数:cottons 名词复数:cottons
- Cotton is a plant that grows the soft, fluffy fibers that are used to make the fabric also known as cotton. Cotton grows best in very warm climates.
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- n. 棉花；棉布；
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1. cotton fields
棉田
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2. The sheets are 100% pure cotton.
这些被单是 100% 的纯棉。
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3. a cotton shirt , a cotton skirt
棉布衬衫╱裙子
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4. the cotton industry
棉纺织业
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5. a cotton mill
棉纺厂
- cotton (n.) late 13c., "white fibrous substance containing the seeds of the cotton plant," from Old French coton (12c.), ultimately (via Provençal, Italian, or Old Spanish) from Arabic qutn, a word perhaps of Egyptian origin. Also ultimately from the Arabic word are Dutch katoen, German Kattun, Provençal coton, Italian cotone, Spanish algodon, Portuguese algodão.
- cotton (v.) 1560s, "to prosper, succeed;" of things, "to agree, suit, fit," a word of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Welsh cytuno "consent, agree;" but perhaps rather a metaphor from cloth-finishing and thus from cotton (n.). Hensleigh Wedgwood compares cot "a fleece of wool matted together." Meaning "become closely or intimately associated (with)," is from 1805 via the sense of "to get along together" (of persons), attested from c. 1600. Related: Cottoned; cottoning.
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