towel

英 [ˈtaʊəl]

美 [ˈtaʊəl]

n.  毛巾; 手巾; 抹布; 纸巾
v.  用毛巾擦干

复数：towels　过去式：towelled　现在分词：towelling　第三人称单数：towels　过去分词：towelled　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.4814 / COCA.3682

习惯用语

n.

throw in the towel
• 认输；承认失败；放弃努力
  to admit that you have been defeated and stop trying

牛津词典

noun

• 毛巾；手巾；抹布；纸巾
  a piece of cloth or paper used for drying things, especially your body
  1. Help yourself to a clean towel.
     请随便拿一条干净毛巾用。
  2. a hand/bath towel (= a small/large towel)
     手巾；浴巾
  3. a beach towel (= a large towel used for lying on in the sun)
     沙滩太阳浴巾
  4. a kitchen towel (= a piece of paper from a roll that you use to clean up liquid, etc. in the kitchen)
     厨房用清洁纸巾

verb

• 用毛巾擦干
  to dry yourself/sb/sth with a towel

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 toweling, toweled


• N-COUNT 毛巾
  Atowelis a piece of thick soft cloth that you use to dry yourself.
  1. ...a bath towel.
     浴巾
• VERB 用毛巾擦(干)
  If youtowelsomething ortowelit dry, you dry it with a towel.
  1. James came out of his bedroom, toweling his wet hair...
     詹姆斯从卧室出来，用毛巾擦着他湿漉漉的头发。
  2. I towelled myself dry...
     我用毛巾把身体擦干。
  3. He stepped out of the shower and began towelling himself down.
     他走出淋浴间，开始用毛巾把身子擦干。
• PHRASE 承认失败;认输
  If youthrow in the towel, you stop trying to do something because you realize that you cannot succeed.
  1. It seemed as if the police had thrown in the towel and were abandoning the investigation.
     警方似乎已经认输，打算放弃调查。
• See also:sanitary toweltea towel

英英释义

noun

• a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping

verb

• wipe with a towel
  1. towel your hair dry

双语例句

• She tore off two sections of paper towel and folded them lengthwise.
  她撕下两格纸巾，然后纵向对折。
• It seemed as if the police had thrown in the towel and were abandoning the investigation.
  警方似乎已经认输，打算放弃调查。
• The towel is still damp.
  毛巾还有点儿湿乎乎的。
• The towel absorbed water from the sink.
  毛巾吸收了洗脸池里的水。
• She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it
  她在沙滩上铺了一条毛巾，躺在上面。
• When you've finished washing the windows with a wet towel, polish them with a dry one.
  用湿布把玻璃窗擦完后，再用干布擀一擀。
• Lainey wiped her hands on the towel.
  莱内用毛巾把手擦干。
• I gagged him with a towel.
  我用一条毛巾堵住他的嘴。
• He had a towel wound round his head.
  他头上箍着条毛巾。
• He set him on the bed and rubbed him down with a coarse towel
  他让他躺到床上，用一条粗糙的毛巾给他擦干了全身。