towel
[taʊəl] noun countable
ESSENTIAL
■a piece of cloth or paper used for drying someone or something that is wet 毛巾；纸巾•She came downstairs after her shower, wrapped in a towel.她淋浴后裹着毛巾走下楼来。 •The school provides paper towels for the children to dry their hands on.学校给孩子提供纸巾擦亁手。
[taʊəl] noun countable
throw/chuck in the towel
■to stop trying to do something because you have realized that you cannot succeed 认输；因觉成功无望而放弃•Three of the original five candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination have now thrown in the towel.原来竞争民主党总统候选人提名资格的五人中，有三位已经放弃了。
[taʊəl] verb transitive (-ll- or US USUALLY -l-)
■to rub something with a towel to dry it 用毛巾擦干•[+ adj] She towelled her hair dry.她用毛巾擦亁头发。 •[R] After our swim, we quickly towelled ourselves down and then went to play tennis.游完泳，我们很快用毛巾擦干身体，然后去打网球。 |