homespun

英 ['həʊmspʌn] 美['homspʌn]
  • adj. 朴素的,简朴的;手织的
  • n. 土布;手织品

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中文词源


homespun 家纺的,朴素的

home,家,spin,纺织。即家纺的,引申词义朴素的。

英文词源


homespun (adj.)
1580s, "spun at home," from home (n.) + spun. Figurative sense of "plain, homely" is from c. 1600. As a noun, from c. 1600.

双语例句


1. Most of them still wore the homespun clothes in which they had left their farms.
他们大多仍穿着当初离开农场时身上穿的那些土布衣服。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The book is simple homespun philosophy.
这本书阐述的是简单朴实的哲学。

来自辞典例句

3. Homespun is a cloth of coarse weave.
土布是一种织得粗糙的布.

来自辞典例句

4. The women wore homespun or " linsey - woolsey " dresses, sometimes supplemented by an apron or shawl, and sunbonnets.
妇女身穿土布或 “ 麻毛交织物 ” 缝制的衣服, 有时配一件围裙或披肩以及太阳帽.

来自英汉非文学 - 民俗

5. The book was eventually published and became a great success under the title Highland Homespun.
这本书最后出版了,成了畅销书,书名为《简朴的高地》.

来自辞典例句