最近国外品牌H&M发布了一份声明，声称要抵制新疆的棉花。

这份声明写道：

H&M Group is deeply concerned by reports from civil society organisations and media that include accusations of forced labour and discrimination of ethnoreligious minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

H&M集团对来自民间社会组织的报告和媒体的报道深表关注，其中包括对新疆维吾尔自治区少数民族强迫劳动和宗教歧视的指控。

We do not work with any garment manufacturing factories located in XUAR, and we do not source products from this region. 

我们不与位于新疆的任何服装制造工厂合作，也不从该地区采购产品/原材料。

XUAR is China’s largest cotton growing area, and up until now, our suppliers have sourced cotton from farms connected to Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) in the region. As it has become increasingly difficult to conduct credible due diligence in the region, BCI has decided to suspend licensing of BCI cotton in XUAR. This means that cotton for our production will no longer be sourced from there.

声明称，新疆是中国最大的棉花种植区，到目前为止，我们的供应商从该地区与“更好的棉花计划”(BCI)相关的农场采购棉花。由于在该地区进行可信的尽职调查变得越来越困难，BCI已决定暂停在新疆发放BCI棉花许可证。这意味着我们产品所需要的棉花将不再从那里获得。

针对这种无端的污蔑和抵制，咱们国内各方立即做出了强有力的回应，大快人心。

我们也在第一时间删除了之前发布的H&M翻译招聘贴，我们今天主要学习一下棉花的历史（中英双语）和相关术语~

棉花cotton

皮棉lint cotton

籽棉seed cotton

长绒棉long staple

超长绒棉extra long staple

皮马棉pima

白棉White cotton

淡点污棉Light Spotted cotton

点污棉Spotted cotton

淡黄染棉Tinged cotton

黄染棉Yellow Stained cotton

淡灰棉Light Gray cotton

灰棉Gray cotton

黄根yellow root

毛头outlet seam

疵点粒defect particles

落桃shedding of boll

废棉cotton waste

黄棉yellow cotton

拔杆剥桃棉 shelled cotton

土壤 soil

上层土壤 topsoil

下层土壤 subsoil

潮湿度 moisture

播种 sow

种子 seed

苗床 seedbed

摄氏度 Celsius

病虫害 pest infestation

犁地plow

耕地till

饱含水份的土壤saturated soils

灌溉irrigation

成熟maturation

封顶价ceiling price

小到中雨light to moderate rain

黄破籽cracked seed

不孕籽sterile seed

棉结cotton neps

僵片stiff piece

代码code

品级grade

纤维长度staple length

叶屑等级leaf grade

杂质测试trash mesurement

异性纤维foreign fiber

含杂率impurity percentage

回潮率regain percentage

降雨量precipitation

持续干旱chronic drought

不适时降雨untimely precipiation

利好降雨beneficial rainfall

不利天气adverse weather

保守预测conservative estimates

种植全面展开planting is in full swing

产量production

皮棉产量lint production

衣分Ginning yield