tapestry

• n. 織錦；掛毯；繡帷
• vt. 用掛毯裝飾

來自古法語 tapisserie,織錦，壁毯，掛毯，來自 tapiz,毯子，地毯，通過拉丁語借自希臘語 tapes, 紡織品，布料，毯子，詞源同 tape.

tapestry

tapestry: [15] The ultimate source of tapestry is Greek tápēs ‘tapestry, woven carpet’. Its diminutive from tapētion was borrowed via late Latin tapētium into Old French as tapis ‘carpet’. From this was derived the verb tapisser ‘cover with a carpet’, and this in turn formed the basis of a noun tapisserie ‘carpets, woven material’. English took it over and altered it to tapestry.

tapestry (n.)

late 14c., tapiestre, with unetymological -t-, from Old French tapisserie "tapestry" (14c.), from tapisser "to cover with heavy fabric," from tapis "heavy fabric, carpet," from tapiz "carpet, floor covering" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Byzantine Greek tapetion, from classical Greek, diminutive of tapes (genitive tapetos) "heavy fabric, carpet, rug," from an Iranian source (compare Persian taftan "to turn, twist"), from PIE *temp- "to stretch." The figurative use is first recorded 1580s.

1. The seats of the chairs had been recovered in tapestry.

椅座上又鋪回了花毯。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He sat on a tapestry cushion next to the hearth.

他坐在壁爐邊上的一塊繡花軟墊上。

來自柯林斯例句

3. His "An Orkney Tapestry" is still the definitive book on the islands.

他的《奧克尼掛毯》一書仍是關於這些島嶼的最權威著作。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Hedgerows and meadows are thick with a tapestry of wild flowers.

灌木樹籬和草地中開滿了五彩繽紛的野花。

來自柯林斯例句

5. crafts such as embroidery and tapestry

諸如刺繡和織錦之類的手工藝

來自《權威詞典》