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denim

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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den·im /ˈdenɪm/ noun  [uncountable]TIM a type of strong cotton cloth used especially to make jeans 〔尤用于制作牛仔裤的〕粗斜棉布,劳动布
Examples from the Corpus
denimAnd his clothes were new too, a denim suit with very tight trousers and pointed boots.Compression heats the air inside and ignites charred denim in the hollowed-out point.The all-important jeans are either stone-washed or dark denim for fall.An elderly woman dressed in denim.He was wearing disreputable-looking denim bermudas.Mitchell inhaled the laundered fragrance of her skirt, felt the pack of muscles on her thighs beneath the denim.He was wearing denim jeans and a denim jacket.
Origin denim (1600-1700) French (serge) de Nîmes (type of cloth) from Nîmes, French city where it was first made
den·im nounChineseSyllable
cotton cloth Corpus strong a of type


denim
denim /ˈdenəm, ˈdenɪm/ noun
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: French
 Origin: (serge) de Nîmes '(type of cloth) from Nîmes', French city where it was first made
[uncountable] a type of strong cotton cloth used especially to make jeans


denimBrE /ˈdenɪm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdenɪm/ 🔊 noun
[uncountable] a type of strong cotton cloth that is usually blue and is used for making clothes, especially jeans 蓝粗棉布;劳动布;牛仔布a denim jacket牛仔布夹克衫 ORIGIN From the French serge de Nîmes, meaning 'serge (= a type of cloth) from the town of Nîmes'. 源自法语 serge de Nîmes,意为尼姆城产的哔叽。
denims [plural] (old-fashioned) trousers/pants made of denim 牛仔裤 SYN jeans