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handkerchief

noun
🔊/ˈhæŋkətʃɪf/, 🔊/ˈhæŋkətʃiːf/
🔊/ˈhæŋkərtʃɪf/, 🔊/ˈhæŋkərtʃiːf/
(plural handkerchiefs, handkerchieves
🔊/ˈhæŋkətʃiːvz/
🔊/ˈhæŋkərtʃiːvz/
)
(also informal hanky, hankie)
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  1. a small piece of material or paper that you use for blowing your nose, etc.手帕；纸巾
    • He blew his nose on a dirty handkerchief.他用一块脏兮兮的手帕擤鼻涕。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • clean
    • crumpled
    • dirty
    • …
    verb + handkerchief
    • blow your nose on
    • use
    • wave
    • …
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from hand + kerchief.