單詞
farthingale
英 ['fɑ?e??ge?l]
基本信息
- n. 鯨骨圓環(huán)；用鯨骨圓環(huán)擴(kuò)大的裙子
中文詞源
farthingale 裙撐
來(lái)自西班牙語(yǔ)verdugo, 桿，詞源同verdure,綠枝，青翠的草木。在古代用做婦女的大裙子的裙撐。
英文詞源
- farthingale (n.)
- contrivance for extending the skirts of women's dresses, formerly also vardingale, etc., 1550s, from Middle French verdugale, from Spanish verdugado "hooped, hooped skirt," from verdugo "rod, stick, young shoot of a tree," from verde "green," from Latin viridis (see verdure). Originally made with cane hoops or rods. The form perhaps influenced by martingale.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Margaret pinned up her kirtle and farthingale, for the road was wet.
- 因?yàn)槁泛軡?瑪格麗特把她的馬甲和裙子挽起用別針別緊.
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