English Dictionary

slut's wool

IPA（発音記号）

/slʌts wʊl/

名詞

慣用表現 不可算名詞

(idiomatic) Accumulated dust, fluff, hair, etc., that tends to occur indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.

日本語の意味

定期的に掃除が行われない場所、例えば重い家具の下などにたまる埃、毛羽、髪の毛などの微細なごみの集積物 / 屋内に自然発生する、ほこりや毛くず、細かい繊維が集まったもの

When I moved the sofa, a clump of slut's wool rolled out like a tiny tumbleweed.

ソファを動かしたら、小さな綿ぼこりの塊がまるで小さなタンブルウィードのように転がり出てきた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) Accumulated dust, fluff, hair, etc., that tends to occur indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.

There have been a great many things to be seen to, in order to make everything cosy, since Mr. Walsh had developed bachelor's habits after the death of his first wife, and some things had become none too savoury. I had a large array of cobwebs and hanks of slut's wool to sweep out from under the beds, and also a fair deal of scrubbing and scouring to do.