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单词 handkerchief
释义
handkerchief
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhæŋ.kə.tʃiːf/us
/ˈhæŋ.kɚ.tʃiːf/
pluralhandkerchiefsorUKalsohandkerchieves(informalhanky)
B1
asquarepieceofclothorpaperused forcleaningthenoseordryingtheeyeswhen they arewetwithtears:
手帕
She took out her handkerchief andblewhernoseloudly.她掏出手帕大声地擤鼻涕。
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tissue(PAPER)
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(Definition ofhandkerchieffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

handkerchief| American Dictionary

handkerchief
noun[C]
us
/ˈhæŋ·kər·tʃəf,-tʃɪf,-ˌtʃif/
asquarepieceofclothused forblowingthenoseor forcleaningthefaceoreyes
(Definition ofhandkerchieffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhandkerchief

handkerchief
For example, thehandkerchief, a common linen or cotton accessory, took many forms.
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Yet the ' as now understood ' of the second sentence was thehandkerchiefbeneath which the conjuring trick was accomplished.
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Sharing everything with your neighbours, haven't even got a bit of garden to call your own except for that pockethandkerchiefout there.
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A pipe-maker was robbed of his muslin cravat, stripedhandkerchief, leather shoes and iron buckles.
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It was an old bandannahandkerchief, heavy and knotted.
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He wears a blue silkhandkerchiefaround his neck.
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This time he dashed at them with a cleanhandkerchief.
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But the resourceful young woman has only pretended to eat, hiding the noisome food in ahandkerchief.
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She brings illustrated and other papers, books of stories, little comforts in the way of eating and drinking, shirts, gowns, handkerchiefs, c.
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Disinfection by boiling all linen, especially pillowcases, handkerchiefs and sheets, as well as plenty of good food and open fresh air, was also recommended.
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The owner of an apple stall lost a linen smock and linen shirt, a silkhandkerchiefand a half yard of lace in the burglary of her family home.
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Herbert's actions, particularity the covering of the grubby dead child with the silkhandkerchief, appear simultaneously superfluous and inadequate.
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Probably formed on the analogy ofhandkerchief.
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One could wash one's teeth, shave, and wash one's socks and handkerchiefs in that one half-pint of water.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
On reception prisoners are given two clean shirts, two clean pairs of socks and one cleanhandkerchief.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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