flannel
n
1 [U] type of soft loosely woven woollen cloth 法兰绒
[attrib 作定语]
flannel trousers 法兰绒裤子.
2 flannels [pl]
men's trousers made of flannel 法兰绒男裤
a pair of cricket flannels 一条男用法兰绒板球裤.
3 = face-flannel (face1).
4 [U] (infml 口) wordy language that avoids talking about sth directly and is often intended to flatter 兜圈子的(常为奉承的)言语
He gave me a lot of flannel but I still don't know the answer to my question. 他说了很多恭维话, 我仍然不知道怎样解决我的问题. flannel, v (-ll-; US -l-) [I]
(infml 口) speak or write flannel(4) 说或写兜圈子的言语
Stop flannelling and give a straight answer! 别再兜圈子了, 直截了当地回答!
Yes, I see. How can they get rid of waste water in this way? What a terrible colour the sea is now! It looks as if our class won't be able to bathe at all.
是的,我看见了。他们怎么能这样排放废水呢?海水的颜色多么可怕呀!看来我们班同学根本不能在这里游泳。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read
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