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home·spun
/-ˌspʌn/
(
a
.)手織的;朴素的;粗野的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Home·spun
a.
1.
Spun
or
wrought
at
home
;
of
domestic
manufacture
;
coarse
;
plain
.
“
Homespun
country
garbs.”
2.
Plain
in
manner
or
style
;
not
elegant
;
rude
;
coarse
.
“Our
homespun
English
proverb.”
--
Dryden
.
“Our
homespun
authors.”
--
Addison
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Home·spun
,
n.
1.
Cloth
made
at
home
;
as
,
he
was
dressed
in
homespun
.
2.
An
unpolished
,
rustic
person
. [
Obs
.]
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
homespun
adj
1:
of
textiles
;
having
a
rough
surface
; "
a
sweater
knitted
of
nubbly
homespun
yarns
" [
syn
:
homespun(p)
,
nubby
,
nubbly
,
slubbed
,
tweedy
]
2:
characteristic
of
country
life
; "
cracker-barrel
philosophy
";
"
folksy
humor
"; "
the
air
of
homespun
country
boys
" [
syn
:
cracker-barrel
,
folksy
]
3:
made
of
cloth
spun
or
woven
in
the
home
; "
homespun
linen
";
"
homespun
garments
"
n
:
a
rough
loosely
woven
fabric
originally
made
with
homespun
yarn
[
syn
:
homespun fabric
]
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