flannel
n
1 [U] type of soft loosely woven woollen cloth 法蘭絨
[attrib 作定語]
flannel trousers 法蘭絨褲子.
2 flannels [pl]
men's trousers made of flannel 法蘭絨男褲
a pair of cricket flannels 一條男用法蘭絨板球褲.
3 = face-flannel (face1).
4 [U] (infml 口) wordy language that avoids talking about sth directly and is often intended to flatter 兜圈子的(常為奉承的)言語
He gave me a lot of flannel but I still don't know the answer to my question. 他說了很多恭維話, 我仍然不知道怎樣解決我的問題. flannel, v (-ll-; US -l-) [I]
(infml 口) speak or write flannel(4) 說或寫兜圈子的言語
Stop flannelling and give a straight answer! 別再兜圈子了, 直截了當地回答!