cotton

名词 cotton:

1. soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
   同义词：cotton fiber, cotton wool
2. fabric woven from cotton fibers
   同义词：cotton cloth
3. erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
   同义词：cotton plant
4. thread made of cotton fibers

动词 cotton:

1. take a liking to

1. Their main exports are textiles, especially silk and cotton.
   他们的主要出口货物是纺织品，特别是丝绸和棉布。
2. India exports tea and cotton to many different countries.
   印度向许多国家出口茶叶和棉花。
3. The import of cotton goods went up sharply in 1986.
   在1986年，棉织品的进口猛增。
4. Cotton material was not known in Europe until much later.
   直到很晚之后，欧洲才知道棉花布料。
5. The nurse put a clean pad of cotton over his wound.
   护士在他的伤口上敷了一块干净的纱布垫。
6. This district grew cotton on a large scale.
   这个地区过去大量种棉花。
7. In hot weather cloths made of a porous material like cotton are best.
   热天穿棉布之类有渗透性的材料制成的衣服最为适宜。
8. Cotton is more comfortable to wear than nylon.
   棉布比尼龙穿着舒服。

cot.ton

n.（名词）

Any of various shrubby plants of the genusGossypium, having showy flowers and grown for the soft, white, downy fibers surrounding oil-rich seeds.
棉花，草棉，木棉：多种棉属 的灌木植物，花绚丽，种植为了收获其富油的种子周围的柔软、白色绒羽状纤维
The fiber of any of these plants, used in making textiles and other products.
棉花絮：这种植物的纤维，用于制造纺织品或其他产品
Thread or cloth manufactured from the fiber of these plants.
棉线，棉布：由这种植物的纤维生产出的线或布
The crop of these plants.
棉花作物：这种植物的产品
Any of various soft, downy substances produced by other plants, as on the seeds of a cottonwood.
棉絮：产生于其他植物（如棉白杨种子上）的柔软羽绒状物质
n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用于修饰另一名词：
例句：
cotton shirts; cotton mills.
棉衬衣；棉厂

v.intr.（不及物动词）
cot.toned,cot.ton.ing,cot.tons 【非正式用语】
To take a liking; attempt to be friendly:
喜欢上；试图变得友好：
例句：
a dog that didn`t cotton to strangers; an administration that will cotton up to the most repressive of regimes.
对陌生人不友好的一只狗；对于最强制性的政体都要讨好的政府

To come to understand. Often used withto or onto:
开始理解：开始理解。通常与to 或 onto连用 ：
例句：
.The German bosses . . . never cottoned to such changes.(N.R. Kleinfield)
.德国的这些老板…从没理解过这种变化.(N.R.克莱因菲尔德)

来源：
Middle English cotoun
中古英语 cotoun
from Old French coton
源自 古法语 coton
from Old Italian cotone
源自 古意大利语 cotone
from Arabic dialectal qoúon
源自 阿拉伯方言 qoúon
from Arabic quún
源自 阿拉伯语 quún