cotton
noun
verb
ˈkɒtn
noun
1
cloth
or
thread
made
from
the
white
hair
of
the
cotton
plant
棉布; 棉纱
a
white
cotton
shirt
白色棉布衬衫
Made
from
100%
cotton.
用百分之百的棉布做成。
2
a
plant
with
white
hairs
on
its
seeds
that
are
used
for
making
cotton
cloth
and
thread
棉〔植物〕
3
thread
used
for
sewing
[英] 〔缝纫用的〕线
BrE
a
needle
and
cotton
针和线
a
cotton
reel
(=small
round
tube
which
cotton
thread
is
wound
around)
线轴
4
COTTON
WOOL
[美] 药棉，脱脂棉
AmE
verb
5
to
begin
to
understand
something
[非正式] 开始明白，领会;
It
took
me
a
while
to
cotton
on.
我过了一会才明白过来。
[+
to
]
Sarah
soon
cottoned
on
to
what
he
was
trying
to
do.
萨拉马上明白了他想干什么。
6
to
begin
to
like
a
person,
idea
etc
[美，非正式] 开始喜欢
I
didn’t
cotton
to
her
at
first,
but
she’s
really
nice.
我一开始并不喜欢她，但是她真的很好。