[mass noun]a tough, lightweight, elastic synthetic polymer with a protein-like chemical structure, able to be produced as filaments, sheets, or moulded objects 尼龙 ■fabric or yarn made from nylon fibres 尼龙织品;尼龙纱 ■(nylons)stockings or tights made of nylon 尼龙长袜;尼龙连裤长袜
语源
1930s: an invented word, on the pattern of cotton and rayon