| [/ˈtauəl; ˋtaʊəl/] n 用法:
1 piece of absorbent cloth or paper for drying oneself or wiping things dry 毛巾; 手巾; 抹布; 纸巾:
a `hand-/`bath-towel 手[浴]巾 *
a paper `towel 纸巾. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) throw in the `towel (infml) admit that one is defeated 承认失败; 认输. Cf 参看 throw up the sponge (sponge). towel 2
v (-ll-; US -l-) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ oneself/sb (down) (with sth) dry oneself/sb with a towel 用毛巾擦乾自己[某人]. |