Twill

(noun.) a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs.

(noun.) a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs.

(verb.) weave diagonal lines into (textiles).

霍奇编辑

• Twill make my skin crawl when I think of it in bed alone. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Twill therefore be proper, before we leave this subject, to bestow a few reflections on that passion, and shew its origin in human nature. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Try to think not; and 'twill seem better. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Perhaps 'twill tempt some woman that thy poor carcase had no power over when standing empty-handed. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• We doen't say so, but so 'twill be, and better so. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And other folk--d'ye think 'twill be much pain to 'em, Mister Fairway? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• She dropped off into a nap about an hour ago, and 'twill do her good. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Yes, I want some twilled silesia, a paper of number nine needles, and two yards of narrow lavender ribbon. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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