linen英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Thread or cloth made from flax fiber. uncountable

— Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens. countable

— She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.
A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed. countable,uncountable

形容词 adj.

Made from linen cloth or thread. not-comparable
Having the colour linen, light beige. not-comparable

词形变化

linens plural

词汇关系

下位词

bedlinen dirty linen fair linen table linen underlinen

衍生词

bedlinen body linen cottolin Irish linen lack-linen linen basket linen closet linen cupboard linen-draper linen draper linendraper linener linenette linenfold linen hall linenless linenlike linen paper linen prover linens linen tester lineny linish linoleum nonlinen prelinen Russia linen shaving linen table-linen tow linen underlinen

词源

词源 1

From Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnīn (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), equivalent to line + -en. Cognate with Latin līnum (“flax”) and thus also Linum. More at line.

词源 2

From Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnīn (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), equivalent to line + -en. Cognate with Latin līnum (“flax”) and thus also Linum. More at line.