ˋkɑtN; ˊkɒtn < cot.ton >
[常用字]
<<名词>>
1 a. 草棉; 棉树;
木棉 b. 棉
c. 棉线; 棉布
2 棉产量
3 (其他植物的) 棉纱
<<形容词>>
通常用来修饰另一个名词
cotton shirts 棉衫
cotton mills 纺织工厂
<<不及物动词>>
cottoned, cotton.ing, cottons
((口语))
1 友善
a dog that didn't cotton to strangers 对陌生人不友善的狗
an administration that will cotton up to the most repressive of regimes接近掌权核心的管理者
2 (常与 to, onto 连用) 了解; 理解
"The German bosses...never cottoned to such changes." (N.R. Kleinfield)德国老板从不了解此种改变