cotton

柯林斯词典

1. N-MASS Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant. 棉佈
...a cotton shirt. …一件棉佈襯衫。
2. N-UNCOUNT Cotton is a plant which is grown in warm countries and which produces soft fibres used in making cotton cloth. 棉花
...a large cotton plantation in Tennessee. …位於田納西州的一個大棉花種植園。
3. N-UNCOUNT Cotton or absorbent cotton is a soft mass of cotton, used especially for applying liquids or creams to your skin. 脫脂棉; 葯棉[美國英語]
4. N-MASS Cotton is thread that is used for sewing, especially thread that is made from cotton. 棉線[英國英語]

Natural fibres such as cotton tend to be cooler .
A sweater knitted in pure cotton hasn't much give .
He shivered with cold in his thin cotton shirt .
Black slaves used to work on the cotton plantations of the southern United States.
The final stage of the production of cotton is when it is spun into thread .