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.
双语例句
1. Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away.
她的床收拾得很整洁，衣服也收起来了。
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2. Many of the clothes come from the world's top fashion houses.
这些服装中有很多出自世界顶级时装设计公司。
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3. His work clothes, having become saturated with oil, had to be cleaned.
他的工作服已经被油浸透，该洗洗了。
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4. He'd put his dirty laundry in the clothes basket.
他会把自己的脏衣服扔进洗衣篮里。
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5. Clothes were thrown in the luggage in an untidy heap.
