lisle
noun [ U ] uk/laɪl/ us/laɪl/
莱尔线
a type of cotton thread used especially in the past for making stockings, underwear, and gloves
Thick brown lisle stockings were the only ones available to buy. 唯一可以买到的只有厚厚的棕色莱尔线长筒袜。
a pair of white lisle gloves 一双白色的莱尔线手套
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- Lisle is manufactured using the finest extra-long staple cotton.
- Her boots sagged at the ankles like a pair of 1930s lisle stockings.
- Up until then wool was being used for outer-wear and cotton was being used for underwear as cotton lisle.