late 14c., "flax prepared for spinning," also "refuse of flax used as kindling," somehow from the source of Old English lin "flax" (see linen), perhaps from or by influence of Middle French linette "grain of flax," diminutive of lin "flax," from Latin linum "flax, linen;" Klein suggests from Latin linteum "linen cloth," neuter of adjective linteus. Later "flax refuse used as tinder or for dressing wounds" (c. 1400). Still used for "flax" in Scotland in Burns' time. Applied in American English to stray cotton fluff.
雙語例句
1. Flicked the lint off the coat.
把大衣上的棉絨彈掉.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Fortunately, many of these problems can be mitigated with a good lint program.
還好, 這些問題中有許多都可以在良好的lint程序中得以緩解.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. There are a few problems of air pollution by chemicals, lint, etc., but these are minor.
化學(xué)品 、 棉花等也造成一些空氣污染問題, 但這是次要的.
來自辭典例句
4. All through the mill they got this cotton dust and lint that fills up the air.
他們讓廠房里的棉塵,棉絮到處亂飛.
來自辭典例句
5. Excessive lint accumulation at the sides of under casing.