the cloth

/klawth, kloth/US // klɔθ, klɒθ //UK // (klɒθ) //

布衣,布料,布,布匹

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural cloths [klawthz, klothz, klawths, kloths]. /klɔðz, klɒðz, klɔθs, klɒθs/.
- : a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- : a piece of such a fabric for a particular purpose: an altar cloth.
- : the particular attire of any profession, especially that of the clergy.Compare man of the cloth.
- : the cloth, the clergy: men of the cloth.
- : Nautical. one of the lengths of canvas or duck of standard width sewn side by side to form a sail, awning, or tarpaulin.any of various pieces of canvas or duck for reinforcing certain areas of a sail.a number of sails taken as a whole.
- : Obsolete. a garment; clothing.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of or made of cloth: She wore a cloth coat trimmed with fur.
- : clothbound.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inclergy

Synonyms

priesthood圣职,神职,祭司职位,祭司 cardinalate枢密院,枢机主教,红衣主教,贲门 clerics神职人员,教士,教士们,圣职者 conclave秘密会议,秘密聚会,秘密集会,秘密法庭 pastorate牧师,牧职,牧师职位,牧业 prelacy预留地,预付费用,预留空间,预留 rabbinate拉比,拉贝特,拉比特,拉宾 canonicate卡诺酸,犬牙交错,卡诺尼酸,卡诺尼亚

Examples

When you wear a mask – even a cloth mask – you typically are exposed to a lower dose of the coronavirus than if you didn’t.
Surgical masks are not as protective as N95s, but they do shield the wearer from droplets and fluids better than the now ubiquitous cloth masks—3% to 25% better, depending on the study.
Although all trainees and staff were required to wear cloth masks, campers were not.
Many cloth masks you can buy today are made of simple cotton, but the World Health Organization recommends that non-medical fabric masks have three layers of fabric, each made of a different material to serve a different protective role.
In addition to paper, kirigami can reshape sheets of wood, cloth or metal.
Paper and cloth are cheap, what people are paying for is the story.
The figure enters the elevator and is then seen quickly leaving the mall, black cloth flapping behind it.
Waving a silk cloth, he declared, “Gentlemen, I will have this land just as surely as I now have this handkerchief.”
No piece of cloth throughout history has sparked more controversy as the veil.
Novelty aside, the real question is whether these avowedly chaste men of the cloth are listening.
He thrust the Cardinal's mantle into it, and stood over the smouldering cloth, till the whole was consumed to ashes.
Her eyes were not nearly as soft as they had been, while she picked up the hanging folds of pink cloth, and went on.
Great had been her indignation at the want of respect shown to the Reverend John Dodd's cloth.
Ramona had covered the box with white cloth, and the lace altar-cloth thrown over it fell in folds to the floor.

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the cloth

/klawth, kloth/US // klɔθ, klɒθ //UK // (klɒθ) //

布衣,布料,布,布匹

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural cloths [klawthz, klothz, klawths, kloths]. /klɔðz, klɒðz, klɔθs, klɒθs/.
- : a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- : a piece of such a fabric for a particular purpose: an altar cloth.
- : the particular attire of any profession, especially that of the clergy.Compare man of the cloth.
- : the cloth, the clergy: men of the cloth.
- : Nautical. one of the lengths of canvas or duck of standard width sewn side by side to form a sail, awning, or tarpaulin.any of various pieces of canvas or duck for reinforcing certain areas of a sail.a number of sails taken as a whole.
- : Obsolete. a garment; clothing.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of or made of cloth: She wore a cloth coat trimmed with fur.
- : clothbound.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inclergy

Synonyms

Examples

When you wear a mask – even a cloth mask – you typically are exposed to a lower dose of the coronavirus than if you didn’t.
Surgical masks are not as protective as N95s, but they do shield the wearer from droplets and fluids better than the now ubiquitous cloth masks—3% to 25% better, depending on the study.
Although all trainees and staff were required to wear cloth masks, campers were not.
Many cloth masks you can buy today are made of simple cotton, but the World Health Organization recommends that non-medical fabric masks have three layers of fabric, each made of a different material to serve a different protective role.
In addition to paper, kirigami can reshape sheets of wood, cloth or metal.
Paper and cloth are cheap, what people are paying for is the story.
The figure enters the elevator and is then seen quickly leaving the mall, black cloth flapping behind it.
Waving a silk cloth, he declared, “Gentlemen, I will have this land just as surely as I now have this handkerchief.”
No piece of cloth throughout history has sparked more controversy as the veil.
Novelty aside, the real question is whether these avowedly chaste men of the cloth are listening.
He thrust the Cardinal's mantle into it, and stood over the smouldering cloth, till the whole was consumed to ashes.
Her eyes were not nearly as soft as they had been, while she picked up the hanging folds of pink cloth, and went on.
Great had been her indignation at the want of respect shown to the Reverend John Dodd's cloth.
Ramona had covered the box with white cloth, and the lace altar-cloth thrown over it fell in folds to the floor.

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