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词汇 whole cloth
释义 whole clothn.(名词)
  1. Pure fabrication or fiction:单纯的捏造或虚构:"He invented, almost out of whole cloth, what it means to be American"(Ned Rorem)"His account of being drugged, kidnapped and tortured was made up of whole cloth"(George Carver)“他几乎全凭想象捏造出作为美国人的意义”(奈德·罗莱姆)“他关于被麻醉、绑架和被折磨的叙述纯属虚构”(乔治·卡弗)
Etymology语源
  1. [From the fabrication of garments out of newly manufactured, full-sized pieces of cloth] [出自用新生产出的、全尺寸的布制造衣服]
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