俗語裡的羊毛
用一個很具體的畫面說謊:把厚厚的毛拉下來蓋住對方的眼睛,他就看不見正在發生什麼。
pull the wool over someone's eyes · noun · A2
Used in the phrase pull the wool over somebody's eyes: to hide the truth so someone does not notice what is really happening.
矇騙
Picture what grows on a sheep — thick, soft, curly. Then follow it down the production line: off the animal it becomes cloth, spun into thread it becomes what you knit with. Three senses, one material at three . There is also one old saying that uses the picture of wool pulled down over someone's eyes.
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俗語裡的羊毛
用一個很具體的畫面說謊:把厚厚的毛拉下來蓋住對方的眼睛,他就看不見正在發生什麼。
pull the wool over someone's eyes · noun · A2
Used in the phrase pull the wool over somebody's eyes: to hide the truth so someone does not notice what is really happening.
矇騙
sheep's hair · noun · A2
The soft thick hair that grows on sheep and some goats.
羊毛
woolen fabric · noun · A2
Cloth or fabric made from the soft hair of sheep.
毛料
knitting yarn · noun · A2
Thick thread made from wool, used for knitting clothes.
毛線
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Woolname/wʊl/
A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY8486).
woolnoun/wʊl/
The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
A cloth or yarn made from such hair.
Anything with a fibrous texture like that of sheep's wool.
A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
obsoleteShort, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
Yarn, including that made from synthetic fibers.
derogatoryA woolly back; a resident of a satellite town outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.
slangA marijuana cigarette or cigar laced with crack cocaine.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。