cotton-wool

基本解释

Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear?
孩子，你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵？
Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear?Is it infected?
孩子，你为何用棉花塞住听觉?它传染了吗?。
There is often a fluffiness to them, a cotton-wool gentleness not seen by day.
夜间的云朵常显得像棉绒般的温软，是白天所不太看到的。

It felt as if the country had been wrapped up in the cotton-wool of establishment etiquette.
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Outlier recently updated the OGs with some subtle improvements but, just like the old ones, they are an entirely synthetic superversion of office-ready wool or cotton twill trousers.
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Nearly all his pieces fall into the Beluch category of tribal rugs, meaning they have short wool pile secured by a wool-and-cotton foundation and average 60 to 100 knots per square inch.
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Cotton wool is a soft mass of cotton, used especially for applying liquids or creams to your skin.