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worsted 音标拼音: [w'ɚstɪd] n. 绒线;毛纱;绒线织品 绒线;毛纱;绒线织品 worsted n 1: a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns " he wore a worsted suit" 2: a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long- staple wool [ synonym: { worsted}, { worsted yarn}] Worst \ Worst\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Worsted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Worsting}.] [ See { Worse}, v. t. & a.] To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit. [ 1913 Webster] The . . . Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark. -- South. [ 1913 Webster]
Worsted \ Worst" ed\ (?; 277), n. [ From Worsted, now spelled Worstead, a town in Norfolk, England; for Worthstead. See { Worth}, n., and { Stead}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Well- twisted yarn spun of long- staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery. [ 1913 Webster] 44 Moby Thesaurus words for " worsted": all up with, beat, beaten, bested, confounded, defeated, discomfited, done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored, hors de combat, lambasted, lathered, licked, on the skids, outdone, overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked, put to rout, routed, ruined, scattered, settled, silenced, skinned, skinned alive, stampeded, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset, whelmed, whipped
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