also clothesline, 1830, from clothes + line (n.). As a kind of high tackle in U.S. football (the effect is similar to running into a taut clothesline) attested by 1970; as a verb in this sense by 1959.
雙語例句
1. Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away.
她的床收拾得很整潔，衣服也收起來了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Many of the clothes come from the world's top fashion houses.
這些服裝中有很多出自世界頂級(jí)時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)公司。
來自柯林斯例句
3. His work clothes, having become saturated with oil, had to be cleaned.
他的工作服已經(jīng)被油浸透，該洗洗了。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He'd put his dirty laundry in the clothes basket.
他會(huì)把自己的臟衣服扔進(jìn)洗衣籃里。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Clothes were thrown in the luggage in an untidy heap.