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cashmere

noun
🔊/ˈkæʃmɪə(r)/, 🔊/ˌkæʃˈmɪə(r)/
🔊/ˈkæʒmɪr/, 🔊/ˈkæʃmɪr/
 [uncountable]
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  1. fine, soft wool made from the long hair of a type of goat, used especially for making expensive clothes（山羊绒）开司米；山羊绒；克什米尔羊毛
    • a cashmere sweater羊绒毛衣
    • The scarf is 70% cashmere.围巾是70％的羊绒。
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCashmere is used before these nouns:
    • cardigan
    • jumper
    • scarf
    • …
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: an early spelling of Kashmir. Kashmir goats are a Himalayan breed of goat with fine, soft wool, which is used to make cashmere.