1.genuine goods at a fair price;out-and-out; dyed-in-the-wool
货真价实
属类:习语名句-汉英成语-
A dyed-in-the-wool Marxist
死心塌地的马克思主义者.
属类:综合句库-典型例句
a dyed-in-the-wool populist.
彻头彻尾的民粹派
属类:综合句库-
Farmer Jones was a dyed-in-the-wool traditionalist;he would never use any modern pesticides.
农夫琼斯是一个顽固的传统主义者,他从不愿使用任何新式的农药。
属类:综合句库-
be dyed in the wool
(1)生染; 染透;(2)[喻] 造成不可改变的结果; 十足的
属类:综合句库-英汉综合
dyed in the wool
原毛(加工前)染色的; 不变色的; [喻] 完全的, 彻头彻尾的; 根深蒂固的
属类:综合句库-英汉综合
Funny, I thought those colors were dyed in the wool, better check the label. . .
有趣。我以为那些本色是不会变色的(根深蒂固,dyedinthewool),最好看看那些标签……
属类:英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org
英语成语:dye in the wool
1. An informal, colloquial greeting (a contraction of "how do you do?").
机译:1.一种非正式的、口语化的问候语(“你好吗?”的缩写)。
Well hey, Bob, how-d’ye-do? Been a long time since I’ve seen you around here!
机译:嘿,鲍勃,你好吗?好久没在这里见到你了!
2. Of a person, very honorable.
机译:1.对一个人来说,非常光荣。
Of course Paul reported the crime he witnessed—he’s all wool and a yard wide.
机译:当然,保罗报告了他亲眼目睹的罪行——他全身心地投入,只有一码宽。
3. An unfortunate, unpleasant, or awkward situation or circumstance; a troublesome or difficult state of affairs. (Often phrased as "a fine how-d’ye-do.")
Well that’s a fine how-d’ye-do. I’m on the job for just two days and I find out that the company is going bankrupt!
机译:好吧,这是一个很好的方法。我刚上班两天,就发现公司要破产了!
4. Of an object, high quality.
机译:2.物体的,高质量的。
That product already broke! It’s not all wool and a yard wide, that’s for sure.
机译:那个产品已经坏了!这肯定不是全羊毛的,也不是一码宽的。
5.A great deal of fuss, noise, fanfare, or protestation over something of little or no substance, importance, or relevance.
机译:对实质、重要性或相关性很小或根本没有的事情大吵大闹、吵闹、大张旗鼓或抗议。
My opponent has been making outlandish claims about my track record so as to foment distrust in the public, but I assure you, his remarks are more cry than wool.
Please dust this room, and be sure to get the curly dirt that’s gathered under the couch.
机译:请把这个房间打扫干净,一定要把沙发下面的卷曲污垢弄干净。
7.Of the worst or most extreme type.
机译:最糟糕或最极端的类型。
On outskirts of the kingdom was a prison filled with criminals of the deepest dye.
机译:在王国的郊区有一座监狱,里面挤满了染得最深的罪犯。
8.Permanent and or firmly established, such as in one’s opinions or beliefs.
机译:永久的和或牢固的,如在一个人的观点或信仰中。
Good luck getting him to listen to your political views—he’s a dyed-in-the-wool liberal.
机译:祝你好运,让他倾听你的政治观点,他是一个彻头彻尾的自由主义者。
9.To be overprotective of one; to coddle one.
机译:过分保护某人;溺爱一个。
You need to let the little lad play in the dirt once in a while. If you keep wrapping him up in cotton wool, he’ll grow up too soft.
机译:你需要让这个小男孩偶尔在泥土里玩一次。如果你一直用棉絮把他裹起来,他会长得太软的。
10.To deceive, fool, or misdirect one, especially to gain an advantage. (Likely an allusion to the once-common practice of men of wearing large powdered wigs that resembled lambs’ wool.) Be prepared for your kids to try to pull the wool over your eyes when they’re teenagers.