wool的意思|wool的解释-里氏词典

wool [wul]

n. 羊毛, 毛织物, 毛线, 绒线

[医] 羊毛, 绒毛, 棉[花]

wool

[ noun ]

a fabric made from the hair of sheep

<noun.artifact>

fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving

<noun.substance>

outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

<noun.animal>

Wool \Wool\ (w[oo^]l), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to
D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld,
Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr.
[=u]r[.n][=a] wool, v[.r] to cover. [root]146, 287. Cf.
{Flannel}, {Velvet}.]
1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which
grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in
fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied
to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most
essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate
climates.

Note: Wool consists essentially of keratin.

2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

Wool of bat and tongue of dog. --Shak.

3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense,
curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.

{Dead pulled wool}, wool pulled from a carcass.

{Mineral wool}. See under {Mineral}.

{Philosopher's wool}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, under {Zinc}.

{Pulled wool}, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide.

{Slag wool}. Same as {Mineral wool}, under {Mineral}.

{Wool ball}, a ball or mass of wool.

{Wool burler}, one who removes little burs, knots, or
extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen
cloth.

{Wool comber}.
(a) One whose occupation is to comb wool.
(b) A machine for combing wool.

{Wool grass} (Bot.), a kind of bulrush ({Scirpus Eriophorum})
with numerous clustered woolly spikes.

{Wool scribbler}. See {Woolen scribbler}, under {Woolen}, a.

{Wool sorter's disease} (Med.), a disease, resembling
malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the
wool of goats and sheep.

{Wool staple}, a city or town where wool used to be brought
to the king's staple for sale. [Eng.]

{Wool stapler}.
(a) One who deals in wool.
(b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its
adaptation to different manufacturing purposes.

{Wool winder}, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool
into bundles to be packed for sale.

The effect is rather like cleaning your ears out with wire wool. But the excitement was shortlived.
In Britain, wool represents only between 5 and 10 per cent of a sheep's market value.
Members of the group, dressed in embroidered folk shirts and blouses and lamb's wool vests, also gave Walesa an ax, which they said was a Polish symbol of freedom.
Staffing had been cut from 160 to fewer than 60. The BWMB will retain its statutory obligation to collect all the wool - 50m kg - from the UK's 100,000 producers, including those in Northern Ireland and the Western Isles.
One of the objectives was to encourage the production of wool in such a way as to "assure a viable domestic industry," the report said.
There are no wool sales in the primary markets this month and prices are nominally static.
Recognition of a rising price trend for wool is obvious among those trading near to the raw wool end of the trade, but manufacturers and retailers are proving more difficult to convince that high prices must now be paid.
Recognition of a rising price trend for wool is obvious among those trading near to the raw wool end of the trade, but manufacturers and retailers are proving more difficult to convince that high prices must now be paid.
Under questioning by reporters, Milligan said it could have been constructed of such simple materials as steel wool and hydraulic brake fluid.
As a result of the finding, cash deposits or bonds will be imposed on the imported headwear, which include items made from certain natural and man-made fibers but not hats made of straw, felt or wool.
For nearly six centuries, the wool doll fashioned in the form of a weaver rested in a cool and dry Chanchay Indian crypt on the central coast of Peru.
The selling season in the main wool producing countries ends this month and at some of the concluding sales this week offerings were low enough to limit price guidance.
Economic recovery and wool textile activity combine to keep the background elsewhere sound, and a firmer tendency after the recent world market setback could bring new orders through, traders believe.
There is a blue single-breasted coat in wool and cashmere, at Pounds 495.
As Mbulelo Jinikwe studies a poster showing old photos of African National Congress leaders, he concentrates on the picture of an unshaven man with a wool cap pulled down over his forehead.
Along with many other mourners, Bush and his wife covered their laps with wool and cashmere blankets placed on each seat.
In general there is much more wool than silk in next winter's fashion, another concession to a sporty practical wardrobe.
Jamie spins the wool and knits gloves as uncommercial Christmas presents - truly homespun, she says. She has tried shearing, but 'it is hard not to cut the sheep as you dig through 6in of fleece.
These include fibre wool, expanded polystyrene and vacuum panels.
Department stores are expanding their children's departments to house 144,000-yen Comme Ca du Mode Fille wool sweaters for two-year-olds, and 3,900-yen BA-TSU brand sweatshirts, all the rage among Japanese teen-agers two years ago.
Why did they believe that Deng - 'the needle wrapped in cotton wool' - would not resort to violence?
Tighter payment limitations on wool and honey programs, capping the loans at $75,000 per producer.
Or a visit to the Roman villas which, like the churches, were built on wool money.
Auctions are in recess in Australia until the end of this month and raw wool costs in the meantime are measured by what merchants assess in relation to business and the market prospect.
The major wool consuming countries have expressed for stockpile disposal caused particular anxienty, but the Australian Government has only relented to the extent of postponing their introduction until July 1994.
Thomas C. Waggoner, Forstmann's chief financial officer, said, "I don't quarrel with what" S&P said, but added that the increases in wool prices that have caused the losses are easing.
Currency developments have tended to underline the rise in wool costs in most wool using countries in the past week or so.
Currency developments have tended to underline the rise in wool costs in most wool using countries in the past week or so.
Total availability of wool (production plus carry-over stocks) is now put at 2.3m tonnes for 1992-93, up from a November estimate of 2.26m.
In the 1980s, cotton and wool were, once again, the fabrics of choice - except in Japan. There, demand for silk is traditionally higher than in western countries and demand has grown alongside the Japanese economy.

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