请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 kirman
释义

Kirmann.

/kɪrˈmɑːn//kəˈmɑːn/
Forms: also Karman, Kerman.
Etymology: < Kirman, the name of a province and town in south-east Iran.
Used (frequently attributively) to designate a carpet or rug made in Kirman, usually having soft delicate colouring and naturalistic designs.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > Oriental > Persian or Iranian
Persian carpet1583
Persian1653
Persian rug1844
Tabriz1859
Kirman1876
Mecca1892
Karadagh1900
Khorassan1900
Kirmanshah1900
Shiraz1900
Hamadan1901
Shah Abbas1901
garden carpet1908
mahal1911
vase carpet1915
Nain1953
1876 O. B. St. John in F. J. Goldsmid Eastern Persia I. vi. 101 Not only flowers and trees, but birds, beasts, landscapes, and even human figures are found on the Karmán carpets.
1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs xi. 187 It has been customary, until very lately, among the rug dealers of the West and Constantinople as well, to attribute the Kirman rugs to Kermanshah.
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets iv. 94 Of all the villages weaving Kerman rugs, Rawar only has general rug fame.
1953 A. C. Edwards Persian Carpets xiii. 208/2 The new styles were dictated by America, which is by far the largest consumer of Kermān carpets.
1953 R. Godden Kingfishers catch Fire xv. 184 It was a Kirman rug: a Kirman is the only Persian carpet that looks feminine.
1957 R. Stout If Death ever Slept (1958) iii. 30 Through the reception room, across a Kirman twice as big as my room at home.
1967 S. Reed Oriental Rugs & Carpets v. 69 By the turn of the century some very good Tabriz and Kirman pieces were being made.
1969 C. W. Jacobsen Check Points How to buy Oriental Rugs vii. 132 Take the name Kirman, which is one of the highest priced and best of new rugs being woven today... Many people bought these as Kirmanshah (also spelled Kermanshah).
1970 Canad. Antiques Collector Dec. 22/2 On the floor is a fine pile pink Persian Kerman rug [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
n.1876
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/25 12:38:51