dyed-in-the-wool a. 被生染的, 彻底的, 道地的
- He is a dyed-in-the-wool reactionary– there is no changing his opinions.
他是彻头彻尾的反动分子——没法改变他的看法。 - Farmer Jones was a dyed-in-the-wool traditionalist; he would never use any modern pesticides.
农夫琼斯是一个顽固的传统主义者,他从不愿使用任何新式的农药。
dyed-in-the-wool \dyed-in-the-wool\ adj.
1. thoroughly imbued; thoroughgoing; uncompromising;
complete; unmitigated; through-and-through.
[PJC]
2. dyed before being spun or woven into cloth.
Syn: yarn-dyed.
[WordNet 1.5]
- It is a message some British teams are not heed-ing. In sport boardrooms there are some dyed-in-the-wool attitudes among the ageing policy makers.
- "You're looking at someone who is a true-blue, dyed-in-the-wool, full-employment Democrat," he told workers outside a Ford plant in Maumee, Ohio.
- A "dyed-in-the-wool movie devotee," Torres said, "I never intended to write novels.