- [uncountable]
a very strong artificial material, used for making clothes, rope, brushes, etc. 尼龙 a nylon fishing line 尼龙钓线 This material is 45 per cent nylon. 这种材料含45%的尼龙。
- nylons[plural] (old-fashioned)
women’s stockings or tights made of nylon （女用）尼龙长袜，尼龙连袜裤
Word Origin1930s: an invented word, on the pattern of cotton and rayon.