在英汉翻译中,cottonseed和cotton的用法辨析需要注意以下要点:
1. 核心词义差异:
- cotton(棉花)主要指:
a) 棉属植物(Gossypium)
b) 棉纤维(纺织原料)
c) 棉制品(如cotton cloth棉布)
- cottonseed(棉籽)特指:
a) 棉花作物的种子部分
b) 棉籽相关产品(如cottonseed oil棉籽油)
2. 搭配用法对比:
cotton常见搭配:
- raw cotton(原棉)
- cotton field(棉田)
- cotton gin(轧棉机)
cottonseed常见搭配:
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A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
Cloth made of cotton.
To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does.
To go on prosperously; to succeed.
To unite; to agree; to make friends; - usually followed by with.
To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; - used with to.
A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
Cloth made of cotton.
To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does.
To go on prosperously; to succeed.
To unite; to agree; to make friends; - usually followed by with.
To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; - used with to.