hessian

IPA/ˈhesiən/
KK[hˈɛʃən]IPA/ˈheʃn/

hessian — 名詞

1. a strong, rough cloth, usually brown, made from plant fibres and used for sacks,

1.名詞B2
釋義

粗麻布

粗糙的植物纖維布料，用於製袋與包裝

a strong, rough cloth, usually brown, made from plant fibres and used for sacks, bags, and wrapping material

例句

Kamal filled the hessian sack with coffee beans from the drying rack.

Kamal 把咖啡豆從曬架上倒進粗麻布袋裡。

collocation: hessian sack

The gardener wrapped each young tree in hessian to protect it from frost.

園丁用粗麻布包裹每棵小樹以防霜凍。

collocation: wrapped in hessian

常見搭配
  • hessian sack
  • hessian bag
  • hessian wrapping
  • hessian sheet
同義詞
  • burlap

    the American English equivalent; same cloth, different name

  • sackcloth

    more old-fashioned or biblical; often implies coarser quality and penitence

  • jute

    refers to the plant fibre itself, not the finished woven cloth

用法筆記

In American English, this cloth is called burlap. Hessian is typically uncountable; use 'a piece of hessian' rather than 'a hessian' when referring to a single sheet.

常見錯誤

I bought a hessian at the shop.
I bought a piece of hessian at the shop.
hessian is uncountable; you cannot say 'a hessian' to mean a single piece of the material.
The bag was made of hessian cloth material.
The bag was made of hessian.
'hessian' already means the cloth; adding 'cloth' or 'material' is redundant.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • hessian sack
  • hessian bag
  • hessian sheet
  • hessian fabric

常用片語

  • a piece of hessian
  • a roll of hessian

介系詞搭配

  • in hessian
  • of hessian