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词汇 corduroy
释义 corduroy
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈkɔː.dʒə.rɔɪ//ˈkɔː.də.rɔɪ/ us /ˈkɔːr.də.rɔɪ/
a thick cotton material with soft raised parallel lines, used especially for making clothes灯芯绒
 
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Examples from literature

Many of the French soldiers were wearing the old uniforms of blue and red, while others were clothed in corduroy. 
One man had corduroy trousers of a faded chewing gum tint. 
The last item of corduroy had vanished from his apparel. 
There was also a gray corduroy dressing-gown, lined with silk. 
When he found opportunity he accosted a man in corduroy. 

corduroy | American Dictionary


corduroy
noun[ U ]
us/ˈkɔr·dəˌrɔɪ/
a thick, cotton material woven with raised parallel lines on the outside, used esp. for jackets and pants

Examples of corduroy


corduroy
Such employments were corduroy finishing, knitting and laundering and were assigned to women living nearby to be undertaken at home.
Metalceramic, velvet, corduroy, carbon fiber, and carbon fabric cathodes were examined.
Fustian suits - corduroy, moleskin or velveteen - became the wear of new generations of artisans who came to see in their respectable clothing a reflection of their deserving political status.
Separate figures of imports of corduroy fabrics are not available.
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The clothing was originally provided for prisoners of war, in hospital in the institution, and is considered more suitable than corduroy.
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I do not believe in dictatorship, either in tall hats or in corduroys.
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It is just plain corduroy, and we hope it will stand the test of hard work.
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It is shortage of corduroy cloth that limits the number of industrial corduroy trousers available in all sizes.
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The stock in question consisted of accumulations of unserviceable and worn-out clothing and stores such as old cotton drawers and shirts, cotton, corduroy garments, etc.
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Within this total, garments made from corduroy and similar cloths will not exceed £50,000 and shirts will not exceed £93,000.
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In a somewhat lighter vein he spoke of his ignorance of corduroy trousers and corduroy shorts.
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No looms are stopped for making corduroys suitable for agricultural use in order to make types of utility cloth not suitable for such use.
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Separate figures of imports of corduroy are not available.
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All corduroy garments are subject to price control except women's and maids' non-utility outerwear.
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There is nothing exciting about the engineer in an old-fashioned bowler hat and corduroy trousers.
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