whipcord
/hwip-kawrd, wip-/US // ˈʰwɪpˌkɔrd, ˈwɪp- //UK // (ˈwɪpˌkɔːd) //
鞭子线,鞭子绳,鞭绳,鞭索
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a cotton, woolen, or worsted fabric with a steep, diagonally ribbed surface.
- : a strong, hard-twisted cord, sometimes used for the lashes of whips.
- : a cord made from the intestines of animals; catgut.
Examples
He was a tall, rather good-looking young fellow, all wire and whipcord, with a chronically whimsical expression.
I was unused to oaths at that time and they cut me like whipcord, but all the same my pulse was bounding joyfully.
Covert—A twill-woven cloth sometimes with full face, sometimes sheared to imitate whipcord.
The sailors, holding her wrists, could feel the whipcord tension of her muscles.
A keen, sparely built man made of leather and whipcord, with the Australian's shrewd blue eyes.
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