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词汇 example_english_piece-of-cloth
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piece of cloth

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meanings of pieceand cloth


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piece
noun[C]
uk /piːs/ us /piːs/
a part ...
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cloth
noun
uk /klɒθ/ us /klɑːθ/
(a type of) ...
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Examples of piece of cloth


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And yet it is never known to be something other than the rolled up pieceofcloth.
A pieceofcloth of varying size which a person uses to cover himself when sleeping.
The ver y stylized version is more typical of the second pieceofcloth (fig. 7c), where plants appear regularly in the bottom border, dividing pairs of animals.
He wears a dhoti or loincloth, and carries his props in a bag, which he spreads out over a pieceofcloth in preparation for his performance.
Paradigms of causation are cases of intentional action, like pushing a wheelbarrow or cutting a pieceofcloth.
The second workshop's images are stylistically similar to the first's, but some individuality is apparent: the earliest part of the second pieceofcloth manifests a sudden popularity of crossgarters.
Swahili women, however, did often cover their shoulders, arms and bodies when walking in public with an additional pieceofcloth which stretched to the ankles.
Policy is like a pieceofcloth; its texture is made up of all sorts of strands.
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You may inspect a pieceofcloth and say that one part represents the quality of the whole.
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It will be noticed that once a strain is put on the net, it is almost as impervious as a pieceofcloth or canvas.
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What protection did the law give him for the pieceofcloth which he designed?
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The intention lies in the hearts and minds of the people, not in the pieceofcloth.
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A flag is more than a pieceofcloth.
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I will take an example of a pieceofcloth 90 yards in length, containing, as it will, 7 lbs.
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I think it is a pieceofcloth which was manufactured under conditions which existed before any agreement was made.
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The economic climate is, and has been, very difficult, which has inevitably meant that some organisations have needed to cut their coats according to a smaller pieceofcloth.
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But it is not always possible to distinguish between a pieceofcloth woven on a hand loom and a pieceofcloth woven on a machine.
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As a matter of fact, neither this particular manufacturer nor any other has taken a yard, or any other measure, out of the pieceofcloth which he manufactures.
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The result in a pieceofcloth, when it had been woven, was that the weft gave a rainbow effect caused by the bleeding of that dye.
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My fear is that in the process you have suffered the fate which proverbially overtakes those who insist on putting a new pieceofcloth on to an old garment.
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