Worsted

(noun.) a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns 'he wore a worsted suit'.

(noun.) a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool.

整理:佩吉

• And after this cry and strife the sun may rise and see him worsted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I'm being scorched in the legs, which indeed is testified to the noses of all present by the smell of his worsted stockings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She gave him one glassy kiss, and four stiff fingers muffled in worsted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Bob, I believe you are worsted, and you deserve it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She worked that worsted day and night, or other pieces like it. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Lady Crawley is always knitting the worsted. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I made it like those Beth invented, a big butterfly with a fat body, and black and yellow wings, worsted feelers, and bead eyes. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He wanted to see me worsted (I knew he did), and one minute he paused to take breath. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• In fact, it was a little battle between the young lady and the old one, and the latter was worsted. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Everybody dawdled that morning, and it was noon before the girls found energy enough even to take up their worsted work. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• They outnumbered me, and I was worsted and under their feetbut, as yet, I was not dead. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• One peculiarity of his black clothes and of his black stockings, be they silk or worsted, is that they never shine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• If my last combat is now about to be fought, and I am to be worsted--so let it be! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• In the same islands, they knit worsted stockings to the value of a guinea a pair and upwards. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• There's a demand for socks just now, added Jo, waving hers like a big blue worsted banner as they parted at the gate. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• We can't reason from our feelings to those of this class of persons, said the other lady, sorting out some worsteds on her lap. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

校对:路易斯