wool
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++wool /wʊl/ ●●● S3 noun [uncountable] 1. 
HBAthe soft thick hair that sheep and some goats have on their body 羊毛 → lambswool2 DCCTIMmaterial made from wool 毛织物 a pure wool skirt 纯羊毛裙子 a mix of 80% wool and 20% man-made fibres 80%羊毛和20%人造纤维的混纺织物3 DLTIMthread made from wool that you use to knit clothes 毛线，绒线 SYN American English yarn a ball of wool 一团毛线4. pull the wool over somebody’s eyes TRICK/DECEIVEto deceive someone by not telling the truth 蒙骗某人 → cotton wool, dyed-in-the-wool, steel wool, wire woolExamples from the Corpus
wool• Is this coat wool?• Everyone else in the camp wore much-darned wool and cotton stockings.• Intense heat and charcoal fumes from their stoves ensured that few wool combers reached the age of fifty.• Boil eggs and decorate them with paints and put tufts of wool on for hair.• Sheep smell, too-of lanolin, the fatty exudate that waterproofs their wool.Origin wool Old English wullwool nounChinese
hair the thick on that some and Corpus soft sheep have goats
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wool
wool S3 /wʊl/
noun [uncountable]
1. the soft thick hair that sheep and some goats have on their body ⇨ lambswool
2. material made from wool:
a pure wool skirt
a mix of 80% wool and 20% man-made fibres
3.
thread made from wool that you use to knit clothes
SYN yarn American English:
a ball of wool
4. pull the wool over sb’s eyes to deceive someone by not telling the truth
⇨ cotton wool, dyed-in-the-wool, steel wool, wire wool
wool S3 /wʊl/
noun [uncountable] Language: Old English
Origin: wull
Origin: wull
1. the soft thick hair that sheep and some goats have on their body ⇨ lambswool
2. material made from wool:
3.
thread made from wool that you use to knit clothes
SYN yarn American English:
4. pull the wool over sb’s eyes to deceive someone by not telling the truth
⇨ cotton wool, dyed-in-the-wool, steel wool, wire wool
