kapok
/key-pok/US // ˈkeɪ pɒk //UK // (ˈkeɪpɒk) //
木棉,木棉花,木棉人,木偶
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk-cotton tree ,Ceiba pentandra, of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation.
Examples
The silk cotton or kapok (bombax) is also to be met with in every village.
The Kapok plant furnishes most of the commercial silk cotton on the market.
Even prettier and more wonderfully made is the nest of the kapok bird, a little creature resembling a tom-tit.
The material used in the construction of this small domicile is a kind of wild cotton, well named by the Boers kapok (snow).
The cotton or kapok was used directly, but the burlap was shredded into a fine mass of fluffy fibers.
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