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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   flannel

   • IPA[ˈflan(ə)l]

   美式

   • n.
     a kind of soft-woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised；men's trousers made of flannel
   • v.
     use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly

   • noun: flannel, plural noun: flannels

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a kind of soft-woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised my longest, thickest flannel nightgown
   • ▪ men's trousers made of flannel he was dressed in a tweed jacket and gray flannels
   • ▪ short for flannelette
   • 2. British a small piece of toweling used for washing oneself. 同義詞 facecloth, cloth, washcloth, washrag, washer
   • 3. British informal bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel 同義詞 smooth talk, flattery, blarney, blandishments, honeyed words, ... 更多prevarication, hedging, equivocation, evasion, double-talk, doublespeak, nonsense, rubbish, informalspiel, soft soap, sweet talk, buttering up, weasel words, baloney, hot air, poppycock, tripe, bosh, bunk, waffle, rot, bellywash, codology, guyver, smoodging反義詞 straight-talking

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. British informal use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly he apologised for the situation and then flanneled on about ramping up production