tweed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tweed /twiːd/ noun 1 DCCTIM[uncountable] rough woollen cloth woven from threads of different colours, used mostly to make jackets, suits, and coats 粗花呢 a thick tweed suit 厚厚的粗花呢套装2 tweeds [plural]DCC a suit of clothes made from this type of cloth 粗花呢套装 He wore casual country tweeds. 他穿着休闲的乡村粗花呢套装。
Examples from the Corpus
tweed• I was expecting a trim man in a tweed coat, but my expectations were wrong.• As a result, the traditional party outfit of flamboyant cravat and tweed jacket has been replaced by the ninety-nine-pound wool suit.• He took off the phoney glasses and tweed hat and threw them to one side.• She could still feel, from fingertip to elbow, the textures of cotton shirt, silk tie and tweed jacket.• He placed his Harris tweed on his lap, over folded hands.• He was dressed for an Edwardian shooting party in a full suit of tweed plus fours.• She wearing tweed only because she was selling tweed.Origin tweed (1800-1900) Scottish English tweel “twill”; influenced by Tweed river in Scotlandtweed nounChinese
woven from cloth Corpus of threads rough woollen
tweed
tweed /twiːd/
noun
a thick tweed suit
2. tweeds [plural] a suit of clothes made from this type of cloth:
He wore casual country tweeds.
tweed /twiːd/
noun Date: 1800-1900
Language: Scottish English
Origin: tweel 'twill'; influenced by Tweed river in Scotland
1. [uncountable] rough woollen cloth woven from threads of different colours, used mostly to make jackets, suits, and coats:Language: Scottish English
Origin: tweel 'twill'; influenced by Tweed river in Scotland
2. tweeds [plural] a suit of clothes made from this type of cloth: