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woolly 音标拼音: [w'ʊli] a. 羊毛制的,模糊的,似羊毛的,蓬乱的 羊毛制的,模糊的,似羊毛的,蓬乱的 woolly adj 1: having a fluffy character or appearance [ synonym: { flocculent}, { woolly}, { wooly}] 2: confused and vague; used especially of thinking; " muddleheaded ideas"; " your addled little brain"; " woolly thinking"; " woolly- headed ideas" [ synonym: { addled}, { befuddled}, { muddled}, { muzzy}, { woolly}, { wooly}, { woolly- headed}, { wooly- minded}] 3: covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; " woolly lambs" [ synonym: { wooly}, { woolly}, { wooly- haired}, { woolly- haired}] 4: covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; " the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton" [ synonym: { lanate}, { woolly}] Woolly \ Wool" ly\, a. 1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. " My fleece of woolly hair." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Clothed with wool. " Woolly breeders." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. [ 1913 Webster] { Woolly bear} ( Zool.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt- marsh caterpillar ( see under { Salt}), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth ( see Illust., under { Isabella Moth}), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth ({ Spilosoma Virginica}). { Woolly butt} ( Bot.), an Australian tree ({ Eucalyptus longifolia}), so named because of its fibrous bark. { Woolly louse} ( Zool.), a plant louse ({ Schizoneura lanigera} syn { Erisoma lanigera}) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under { Blight}. { Woolly macaco} ( Zool.), the mongoose lemur. { Woolly maki} ( Zool.), a long- tailed lemur ({ Indris laniger}) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also { avahi}, and { woolly lemur}. { Woolly monkey} ( Zool.), any South American monkey of the genus { Lagothrix}, as the caparro. { Woolly rhinoceros} ( Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros ({ Rhinoceros tichorhinus}) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved. [ 1913 Webster] 22 Moby Thesaurus words for " woolly": bristly, bushy, cirrose, downy, feathery, fleecy, flocculent, flossy, fluffy, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, whiskered
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