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nylon

noun
🔊/ˈnaɪlɒn/
🔊/ˈnaɪlɑːn/
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  1. [uncountable] a very strong artificial material, used for making clothes, rope, brushes, etc.尼龙
    • a nylon fishing line尼龙钓线
    • This material is 45 per cent nylon.这种材料是45％的尼龙。
    Topics Physics and chemistryc1, Clothes and Fashionc1
  2. nylons
     [plural] (old-fashioned) women’s stockings or tights made of nylon （女用）尼龙长袜，尼龙连袜裤
    3. Word Origin1930s: an invented word, on the pattern of cotton and rayon.