loofah

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.
  2. The dried fibrous interior of such a plant, used as a sponge for bathing.
  3. Any bath sponge; a sponge on a handle.
动词 v.
  1. To clean or scrub with a loofah. ambitransitive
    — And she took good care of my feet, massaging them and loofahing the calluses away.

词形变化

loofahs plural loofa alternative luffa alternative loofahs present,singular,third-person loofahing participle,present loofahed participle,past loofahed past loofa alternative luffa alternative

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa)bor.
English loofah
Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa)bor.
English loofah
Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).
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