flannel
US: /ˈfɫænəɫ/
UK: /flˈænəl/
UK: /flˈænəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
flannel /'flænl/
- danh từ
- vải flanen
- mẩu vải flanen (để đánh bóng, lau chùi)
- (số nhiều) quần bằng flanen, quần áo flanen; quần áo lót bằng flanen; đồ bằng flanen; các loại vải flanen
- tính từ
- bằng flanen
- bằng flanen
- ngoại động từ
- lau chùi bằng flanen
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) bọc flanen; mặc quần áo flanen cho (ai)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] a soft light fabric, containing cotton or wool, used for making clothes: a flannel shirt / coat + a grey flannel suit
2 (also facecloth) (both BrE) (AmE washcloth) [C] a small piece of cloth used for washing yourself: a face flannel
3 (flannels) [pl.] trousers/pants made of flannel: cricket flannels
4 [U] (BrE, informal) words that do not have much meaning and that avoid telling sb what they want to know: OK, cut the flannel and tell me what you really want!
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 flattery, humbug, nonsense, blarney, rubbish, prevarication, Colloq eyewash, hogwash, boloney, soft soap, weasel words, sweet talk, bull, crap, Brit waffle, cock, US bushwa; Taboo Slang bullshit, horseshit, (load of) shit, Brit codswallop, bollocks or ballocks:
Don't believe a thing Fordyce says - it's all flannel.
v.
2 flatter, hedge, mislead, pull the wool over (someone's) eyes, Colloq soft-soap, sweet-talk, Taboo Slang bullshit, horseshit, shit:
They aren't sincere - they're just flannelling you.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
damp, wet | cold | face
VERB + FLANNEL
use
Use a damp flannel to clean the skin.
PREP.
with a ~
She wiped his eyes and nose with a wet face flannel.
Concise English dictionary
flannels'flænl
noun
+a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
+bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
+(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
