buckram

英 [ˈbʌkrəm]

美 [ˈbʌkrəm]

n.  (旧时用作书皮或衣服衬里的)硬棉布，硬麻布，硬衬布

现在分词：buckraming　过去式：buckramed　第三人称单数：buckrams　过去分词：buckramed　

BNC.48275

牛津词典

noun

• （旧时用作书皮或衣服衬里的）硬棉布，硬麻布，硬衬布
  a type of stiff cloth made especially from cotton or linen , used in the past for covering books and for making clothes stiffer

英英释义

noun

• a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue

verb

• stiffen with or as with buckram
  1. buckram the skirt

adj

• rigidly formal
  1. a starchy manner
  2. the letter was stiff and formal
  3. his prose has a buckram quality
  Synonym:starchystiff

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