Ironing

(noun.) the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles.

(noun.) garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed; 'there was a basketful of ironing to do'.

校对:马里恩

• Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I can do dress-making very well; and I understand fine washing and ironing; and between us we can find something to live on. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The heat generated for ironing, for instance, is all utilized. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It was both baking and ironing day at the rectory, she remembered--Fanny would be busy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• If the bosom has pleats raise them before ironing dry and dry under them. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• I don't mind ironing, or any kind of work, for you and papa. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• All these young ladies wanted ironing, and all had a curious way of looking everywhere while they chattered. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• They are then slightly wrung and dried sufficiently for ironing. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• It seems that Tina is the child of the Frenchwoman who does the fine ironing in the laundry here. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Another development which followed was that of an attached stand, eliminating the necessity of lifting the iron on and off a stand many times during the ironing. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In ironing, hollow polishing rolls of various sizes are used, heated either by steam or gas. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I walked straight into the laundry, where they are ironing most of the week, now that I have so many guests in the house. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In the kitchen, the washing machine, the churn, the cheese press, ironing machine, wringer, the rat trap, and fruit jar. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

手打:柯尔斯顿