velvet

英 ['velv?t] 美['v?lv?t]

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復(fù)數(shù):?velvets;

1. wool => velvet.

velvet 天鵝絨

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)villus,毛發(fā)，絨毛，來(lái)自PIE*wel,撕，拔，詞源同wool,vulture,用于指天鵝絨。

velvet: velvet: [14] Velvet is etymologically a ‘hairy’ or ‘downy’ fabric. Its ultimate ancestor is Latin villus ‘hair, down’, which also produced English velours [18]. From it was derived medieval Latin villūtus ‘shaggy’, which passed into Old French as velu ‘velvety’. And this in turn formed the basis of a noun veluotte, from which English got velvet. The derivative velveteen dates from the 18th century.
=> velours
velvet (n.): early 14c., probably from Old Proven?al veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of Vulgar Latin *villutus "velvet," literally "shaggy cloth," from Latin villus "shaggy hair, nap of cloth, tuft of hair," probably a dialectal variant of vellus "fleece," from PIE *wel-no-, suffixed form of root *wel- (4) "to tear, pull" (see svelte).

1. Bessie, resplendent in royal blue velvet, was hovering beside the table.: 貝茜身穿華麗的深藍(lán)色天鵝絨衣服，在桌旁徘徊。

2. She was wearing a white ruffled blouse and a blue velvet skirt.: 她穿著一件有花邊的白色上衣和一條藍(lán)色天鵝絨裙子。

3. The curtains and the coverlet of the bed were chocolate velvet.: 窗簾和床罩是深棕色天鵝絨的。

5. Freddy speaks very quietly and pads around in soft velvet slippers.: 弗蕾迪說(shuō)話輕聲細(xì)氣，穿著柔軟的天鵝絨拖鞋躡手躡腳地四處走動(dòng)。