| 单词 | whole cloth |
| 释义 | whole cloth whole cloth n.（名词）Pure fabrication or fiction:单纯的捏造或虚构：“He invented, almost out of whole cloth, what it means to be American”(&b{Ned Rorem})“His account of being drugged, kidnapped and tortured was made up of whole cloth”(&b{George Carver})“他几乎全凭想象捏造出作为美国人的意义”(奈德·罗莱姆)“他关于被麻醉、绑架和被折磨的叙述纯属虚构”(乔治·卡弗)语源:[From the fabrication of garments out of newly manufactured, full-sized pieces of cloth] [出自用新生产出的、全尺寸的布制造衣服] |
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