- When you get out of the shower, the first thing you do is grab a towel and dry off. A towel is a piece of material that's used to absorb moisture.
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- n. 毛巾，手巾；[纸] 纸巾
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1. He dried off the towel.
他拧干了毛巾。
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2. Help yourself to a clean towel.
请随便拿一条干净毛巾用。
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3. a beach towel
沙滩太阳浴巾
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4. a kitchen towel
厨房用清洁纸巾
- towel (n.) mid-13c., from Old French toaille (12c.), from Frankish *thwahlja, from Proto-Germanic *thwahlijan (source also of Old Saxon thwahila, Middle Dutch dwale "towel," Dutch dwaal "altar cloth," Old High German dwehila "towel," German dialectal Zwehle "napkin"); related to German zwagen, Old English þwean "to wash." Spanish toalla, Italian tovaglia are Germanic loan-words. To throw in the towel "admit defeat" (1915) is from boxing.
- towel (v.) 1836 (transitive); 1861 (intransitive), from towel (n.). Related: Towelled; towelling.
towel ★ / ˈtaʊəl ; NAmE ˈtaʊəl / noun , verb towel towels towelled toweled towelling toweling noun a piece of cloth or paper used for drying things, especially your body 毛巾；手巾；抹布；纸巾 ◆ Help yourself to a clean towel. 请随便拿一条干净毛巾用。 ◆ a hand/bath towel (= a small/large towel) 手巾；浴巾 ◆ a beach towel (= a large towel used for lying on in the sun) 沙滩太阳浴巾 ◆ a kitchen towel (= a piece of paper from a roll that you use to clean up liquid, etc. in the kitchen) 厨房用清洁纸巾 ☞see also paper towel , sanitary towel , tea towel IDIOM throw in the ˈtowel ( informal) to admit that you have been defeated and stop trying 认输；承认失败；放弃努力 verb ( -ll- , NAmE also -l- ) towelyourself/sb/sth (down) to dry yourself/sb/sth with a towel 用毛巾擦干 towel / ˈtaʊəl ; NAmE ˈtaʊəl /
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