名詞 cotton:

1. soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
   同義詞：cotton fiber, cotton wool
2. fabric woven from cotton fibers
   同義詞：cotton cloth
3. erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
   同義詞：cotton plant
4. thread made of cotton fibers

動詞 cotton:

1. take a liking to

1. Their main exports are textiles, especially silk and cotton.
   他們的主要出口貨物是紡織品，特別是絲綢和棉布。
2. India exports tea and cotton to many different countries.
   印度向許多國家出口茶葉和棉花。
3. The import of cotton goods went up sharply in 1986.
   在1986年，棉織品的進口猛增。
4. Cotton material was not known in Europe until much later.
   直到很晚之后，歐洲才知道棉花布料。
5. The nurse put a clean pad of cotton over his wound.
   護士在他的傷口上敷了一塊干凈的紗布墊。
6. This district grew cotton on a large scale.
   這個地區(qū)過去大量種棉花。
7. In hot weather cloths made of a porous material like cotton are best.
   熱天穿棉布之類有滲透性的材料制成的衣服最為適宜。
8. Cotton is more comfortable to wear than nylon.
   棉布比尼龍穿著舒服。

cot.ton

n.（名詞）

Any of various shrubby plants of the genusGossypium, having showy flowers and grown for the soft, white, downy fibers surrounding oil-rich seeds.
棉花，草棉，木棉：多種棉屬 的灌木植物，花絢麗，種植為了收獲其富油的種子周圍的柔軟、白色絨羽狀纖維
The fiber of any of these plants, used in making textiles and other products.
棉花絮：這種植物的纖維，用于制造紡織品或其他產(chǎn)品
Thread or cloth manufactured from the fiber of these plants.
棉線，棉布：由這種植物的纖維生產(chǎn)出的線或布
The crop of these plants.
棉花作物：這種植物的產(chǎn)品
Any of various soft, downy substances produced by other plants, as on the seeds of a cottonwood.
棉絮：產(chǎn)生于其他植物（如棉白楊種子上）的柔軟羽絨狀物質(zhì)
n.attributive.（定語名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用于修飾另一名詞：
例句：
cotton shirts; cotton mills.
棉襯衣；棉廠

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
cot.toned,cot.ton.ing,cot.tons 【非正式用語】
To take a liking; attempt to be friendly:
喜歡上；試圖變得友好：
例句：
a dog that didn`t cotton to strangers; an administration that will cotton up to the most repressive of regimes.
對陌生人不友好的一只狗；對于最強制性的政體都要討好的政府

To come to understand. Often used withto or onto:
開始理解：開始理解。通常與to 或 onto連用 ：
例句：
.The German bosses . . . never cottoned to such changes.(N.R. Kleinfield)
.德國的這些老板…從沒理解過這種變化.(N.R.克萊因菲爾德)

來源：
Middle English cotoun
中古英語 cotoun
from Old French coton
源自 古法語 coton
from Old Italian cotone
源自 古意大利語 cotone
from Arabic dialectal qoúon
源自 阿拉伯方言 qoúon
from Arabic quún
源自 阿拉伯語 quún