woolly

adjective · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

woollierwoolliest

Superlative

wooly

1.
Made of wool.
Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
2.
Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
woolly hair
There was nothing left in the fruit bowl but a brown banana and a couple of woolly pears.
3.
(figuratively)Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
That's the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start.
4.
(obsolete)Clothed in wool.
5.
(archaic, slang)Cross; irritable.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

woollieswooly

1.
(informal)A sweater or similar garment made of wool.
2.
(US, slang)A sheep not yet shorn.
3.
A piece of woolwork.
4.
(derogatory)(Liverpool slang, derogatory) A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English wolly, equivalent to wool + -y. Cognate with wullich, wollig, wollig, ullig.