Definition of cotton wool in English:

cotton wool

noun

mass noun

1British Fluffy wadding of a kind originally made from raw cotton, used for cleaning the skin or bathing wounds.
〈英〉药棉，脱脂棉
North American term absorbent cotton
Example sentencesExamples
- Play with different textures - have a box of different fabrics, such as towelling, velvet, cotton wool, a clean feather and so on.
- When the wings were dry the moths were glued ventrally to tiny oval-shaped balls made of cotton wool.
- I found some cotton wool in my bag and put some cold water on it then touched my face gently.
- Wash your eye with tepid water, using a clean piece of cotton wool or gauze for each wipe.
- Remove the eye shadow by gently wiping it off with a pad of clean cotton wool moistened with eye-cleansing lotion.
- Specimens were immobilized in a quartz cell with some cotton wool.
- Wash the wound thoroughly then apply three times daily with a clean cotton wool ball.
- One contains a piece of gold padded with cotton wool.
- Experimental subcolonies used in the small supercolony pairings were housed using nesting chambers consisting of test tubes half filled with water and plugged with cotton wool.
- The mated female laid an egg sac about 35 days later, and this was removed and placed in a separate sterile plastic container that was closed with cotton wool.
- She pressed a ball of cotton wool against the puncture site.
- I walked over and took the bottle and cotton wool out of her hand.
- Five infested plants (20 caterpillars in 10 cages on 10 leaves in total) with moist cotton wool were used as odor source.
- To get make-up to last for several hours, apply foundation and use a puff or clean cotton wool pad to press powder in.
- Betty gave him cardboard boxes and cotton wool but always told him that when the bird was well, he would have to let it go.
- I have placed cotton wool on either side of it to hold it snugly in place.
- The nurse rubbed her arm with a piece of cotton wool.
- At the bottom of each well, was a petri dish containing cotton wool that would receive the experimental odors; each petri dish had a hole pierced in its lid to allow odors to permeate into the air above.
- Spiders were briefly anesthetized by using a piece of cotton wool impregnated with three drops of ether, and placed on an adjustable mounting stand.
- The sudden transition made me feel lethargic, as if I was walking through cotton wool or wading through water up to my neck.
2US Raw cotton.
〈美〉原棉；未加工的棉花

Phrases

wrap someone in cotton wool

Be overprotective towards someone.
娇惯；过分悉心地保护
wrapping ourselves in cotton wool could turn us into a bunch of scaredy cats
Example sentencesExamples
- How can they even enjoy being kids if we wrap them in cotton wool all the time?
- But don't get the idea that I wrap him up in cotton wool.
- Boys will be boys and you can't wrap them in cotton wool.
- I often wonder whether I'm doing right by my children, whether their independence is at risk because I'm wrapping them in cotton wool.
- You should be educating your children, not wrapping them in cotton wool.
- She said he was quite small but very robust and she has to resist the temptation to wrap him in cotton wool.
- As you may be able to tell, I would wrap her in cotton wool if I could!
- ‘I can honestly thank my parents for not wrapping me in cotton wool,’ he says.
- I didn't get an explanation why I was taken off but maybe they're wrapping me in cotton wool for next week.
- The worst thing that can be done to these young people is to wrap them in cotton wool.
Synonyms
pamper, spoil, overindulge, coddle, mollycoddle, cosset, nanny, nursemaid, mother, baby, pet, spoon-feed, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent

Definition of cotton wool in US English:

cotton wool

nounˌkätn ˈwo͝olˌkɑtn ˈwʊl

1US Raw cotton.
〈美〉原棉；未加工的棉花
2British Fluffy wadding of a kind originally made from raw cotton, used for used for cleaning the skin or bathing wounds; absorbent cotton.
〈英〉药棉，脱脂棉
Example sentencesExamples
- Wash your eye with tepid water, using a clean piece of cotton wool or gauze for each wipe.
- To get make-up to last for several hours, apply foundation and use a puff or clean cotton wool pad to press powder in.
- When the wings were dry the moths were glued ventrally to tiny oval-shaped balls made of cotton wool.
- The sudden transition made me feel lethargic, as if I was walking through cotton wool or wading through water up to my neck.
- One contains a piece of gold padded with cotton wool.
- The mated female laid an egg sac about 35 days later, and this was removed and placed in a separate sterile plastic container that was closed with cotton wool.
- Spiders were briefly anesthetized by using a piece of cotton wool impregnated with three drops of ether, and placed on an adjustable mounting stand.
- She pressed a ball of cotton wool against the puncture site.
- Remove the eye shadow by gently wiping it off with a pad of clean cotton wool moistened with eye-cleansing lotion.
- The nurse rubbed her arm with a piece of cotton wool.
- I have placed cotton wool on either side of it to hold it snugly in place.
- Five infested plants (20 caterpillars in 10 cages on 10 leaves in total) with moist cotton wool were used as odor source.
- Betty gave him cardboard boxes and cotton wool but always told him that when the bird was well, he would have to let it go.
- I walked over and took the bottle and cotton wool out of her hand.
- Wash the wound thoroughly then apply three times daily with a clean cotton wool ball.
- I found some cotton wool in my bag and put some cold water on it then touched my face gently.
- Specimens were immobilized in a quartz cell with some cotton wool.
- At the bottom of each well, was a petri dish containing cotton wool that would receive the experimental odors; each petri dish had a hole pierced in its lid to allow odors to permeate into the air above.
- Play with different textures - have a box of different fabrics, such as towelling, velvet, cotton wool, a clean feather and so on.
- Experimental subcolonies used in the small supercolony pairings were housed using nesting chambers consisting of test tubes half filled with water and plugged with cotton wool.

词汇	cotton wool
释义	Definition of cotton wool in English: cotton wool noun mass noun 1British Fluffy wadding of a kind originally made from raw cotton, used for cleaning the skin or bathing wounds. 〈英〉药棉，脱脂棉 North American term absorbent cotton Example sentencesExamples Play with different textures - have a box of different fabrics, such as towelling, velvet, cotton wool, a clean feather and so on. When the wings were dry the moths were glued ventrally to tiny oval-shaped balls made of cotton wool. I found some cotton wool in my bag and put some cold water on it then touched my face gently. Wash your eye with tepid water, using a clean piece of cotton wool or gauze for each wipe. Remove the eye shadow by gently wiping it off with a pad of clean cotton wool moistened with eye-cleansing lotion. Specimens were immobilized in a quartz cell with some cotton wool. Wash the wound thoroughly then apply three times daily with a clean cotton wool ball. One contains a piece of gold padded with cotton wool. Experimental subcolonies used in the small supercolony pairings were housed using nesting chambers consisting of test tubes half filled with water and plugged with cotton wool. The mated female laid an egg sac about 35 days later, and this was removed and placed in a separate sterile plastic container that was closed with cotton wool. She pressed a ball of cotton wool against the puncture site. I walked over and took the bottle and cotton wool out of her hand. Five infested plants (20 caterpillars in 10 cages on 10 leaves in total) with moist cotton wool were used as odor source. To get make-up to last for several hours, apply foundation and use a puff or clean cotton wool pad to press powder in. Betty gave him cardboard boxes and cotton wool but always told him that when the bird was well, he would have to let it go. I have placed cotton wool on either side of it to hold it snugly in place. The nurse rubbed her arm with a piece of cotton wool. At the bottom of each well, was a petri dish containing cotton wool that would receive the experimental odors; each petri dish had a hole pierced in its lid to allow odors to permeate into the air above. Spiders were briefly anesthetized by using a piece of cotton wool impregnated with three drops of ether, and placed on an adjustable mounting stand. The sudden transition made me feel lethargic, as if I was walking through cotton wool or wading through water up to my neck. 2US Raw cotton. 〈美〉原棉；未加工的棉花 Phrases wrap someone in cotton wool Be overprotective towards someone. 娇惯；过分悉心地保护 wrapping ourselves in cotton wool could turn us into a bunch of scaredy cats Example sentencesExamples How can they even enjoy being kids if we wrap them in cotton wool all the time? But don't get the idea that I wrap him up in cotton wool. Boys will be boys and you can't wrap them in cotton wool. I often wonder whether I'm doing right by my children, whether their independence is at risk because I'm wrapping them in cotton wool. You should be educating your children, not wrapping them in cotton wool. She said he was quite small but very robust and she has to resist the temptation to wrap him in cotton wool. As you may be able to tell, I would wrap her in cotton wool if I could! ‘I can honestly thank my parents for not wrapping me in cotton wool,’ he says. I didn't get an explanation why I was taken off but maybe they're wrapping me in cotton wool for next week. The worst thing that can be done to these young people is to wrap them in cotton wool. Synonyms pamper, spoil, overindulge, coddle, mollycoddle, cosset, nanny, nursemaid, mother, baby, pet, spoon-feed, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent noun.1 phr. Definition of cotton wool in US English: cotton wool nounˌkätn ˈwo͝olˌkɑtn ˈwʊl 1US Raw cotton. 〈美〉原棉；未加工的棉花 2British Fluffy wadding of a kind originally made from raw cotton, used for used for cleaning the skin or bathing wounds; absorbent cotton. 〈英〉药棉，脱脂棉 Example sentencesExamples Wash your eye with tepid water, using a clean piece of cotton wool or gauze for each wipe. To get make-up to last for several hours, apply foundation and use a puff or clean cotton wool pad to press powder in. When the wings were dry the moths were glued ventrally to tiny oval-shaped balls made of cotton wool. The sudden transition made me feel lethargic, as if I was walking through cotton wool or wading through water up to my neck. One contains a piece of gold padded with cotton wool. The mated female laid an egg sac about 35 days later, and this was removed and placed in a separate sterile plastic container that was closed with cotton wool. Spiders were briefly anesthetized by using a piece of cotton wool impregnated with three drops of ether, and placed on an adjustable mounting stand. She pressed a ball of cotton wool against the puncture site. Remove the eye shadow by gently wiping it off with a pad of clean cotton wool moistened with eye-cleansing lotion. The nurse rubbed her arm with a piece of cotton wool. I have placed cotton wool on either side of it to hold it snugly in place. Five infested plants (20 caterpillars in 10 cages on 10 leaves in total) with moist cotton wool were used as odor source. Betty gave him cardboard boxes and cotton wool but always told him that when the bird was well, he would have to let it go. I walked over and took the bottle and cotton wool out of her hand. Wash the wound thoroughly then apply three times daily with a clean cotton wool ball. I found some cotton wool in my bag and put some cold water on it then touched my face gently. Specimens were immobilized in a quartz cell with some cotton wool. At the bottom of each well, was a petri dish containing cotton wool that would receive the experimental odors; each petri dish had a hole pierced in its lid to allow odors to permeate into the air above. Play with different textures - have a box of different fabrics, such as towelling, velvet, cotton wool, a clean feather and so on. Experimental subcolonies used in the small supercolony pairings were housed using nesting chambers consisting of test tubes half filled with water and plugged with cotton wool.
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