Word · Frequency #18731
shoddy
劣质再生布料；再生粗呢
low-grade cloth made from wool waste or recycled wool
- 1.
A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.
用羊毛加工的副产品或再生毛制成的低级布料。
- 2.
reclaimed wool fiber
再生羊毛纤维
再生羊毛纤维；用羊毛加工的副产品或再生毛制成的低级布料。；长弹毛；软再生毛；赝品
In use
The jacket was lined with shoddy, so it felt rough and itchy.
A bolt of shoddy lay on the factory floor, waiting to be cut into cheap blankets.
Some mills secretly mixed shoddy with new wool to cut costs.
Connections
Collocations
- shoddy industry
- 再生毛纺织业
- The shoddy industry supplied cheap cloth to the working class.再生毛纺织业为工人阶级供应廉价布料。
- shoddy manufacturer
- 再生毛料制造商
- The shoddy manufacturer collected old clothes to recycle into material.这位再生毛料制造商收集旧衣服回收利用作原料。
- shoddy wool
- 再生羊毛
- This cheap blanket is made from shoddy wool.这条便宜毯子是用再生羊毛做的。
- shoddy cloth
- 再生粗呢
- Shoddy cloth was often mixed with new wool to reduce cost.再生粗呢常与新羊毛混用以降低成本。
- shoddy fiber
- 再生毛纤维
- Shoddy fiber is produced by tearing apart wool rags.再生毛纤维是通过撕碎羊毛碎布制成的。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
听音记“沙地”，shoddy粗呢松散得像沙地，一扯就破，是劣质再生布。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：textile manufacturing、fashion history、secondhand clothing trade 该名词义指“低级再生布料/再生羊毛纤维”，比较常见于纺织业、服装史或旧衣回收等专业或书面语境；日常口语中较少使用这个名词。
Grammar Note
不可数名词，没有复数形式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes with body, toddy, noddy, and embody (stressed /ɑ/ + /di/). Bawdy and gaudy look similar but have /ɔ/ in General American, so they usually don't rhyme; they may merge to /ɑ/ in cot-caught dialects.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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