絮
cotton wool; batting; garrulous; pad
Meanings
6 senses · 12 examplesnoun
cotton wool; cotton batting
Refers to loose cotton fibers, often used for filling quilts or clothes.
The cotton batting in this quilt is fluffy and soft.
Mom carded the old cotton batting again to make a new quilt.
noun
ancient coarse silk wadding
archaicA classical usage, rarely used in modern daily conversation.
Ancient poor people often used coarse silk wadding to fill clothes for warmth.
noun
fluffy flocculent substance
Used to describe light, fluffy, cotton-like natural substances.
Spring has arrived, and willows are floating snowy catkins.
After blooming, reeds produce light and fluffy reed floss.
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The north wind rolled up heavy snow, and cotton-like snowflakes landed on the windowsill.
verb
to pad clothing/quilts with cotton
Used for the action of filling soft materials into clothes or bedding.
Grandma is padding cotton into her grandson's jacket for winter.
I helped Mom pad the quilt to make it warmer.
adjective
garrulous; long-winded
Describes someone who talks too much, often in a tedious way.
Grandma always nags me to bring an umbrella when I go out.
His long-winded speech made the audience drowsy.
adjective
bored; fed up
dialectA regional colloquial usage, common in northern Chinese dialects.
I'm fed up with these platitudes.
I'm sick of eating the same dish every day.