单词 | bayadère |
释义 | bayadèren. 1. A Hindu dancing girl: the French name, occasionally used by English writers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional > eastern bayadère1598 geisha1887 maiko1891 gisaeng1894 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxxix. 74/2 The heathenish whore called Balliadera, who is a dancer. 1794 E. Moor Narr. Operations Capt. Little's Detachm. xxv. 356 The name of Balliadere, we never heard applied to the dancing girls. 1826 R. Heber Jrnl. 5 Feb. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) II. xxviii. 282 The southern Bayadêre, who differ considerably from the nâch girls of northern India. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 62/2 The little arts and manners which form the accomplished bayadeer. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 240 A gay audience shouting applause to mimes and jesters and painted bayadères. 2. Any textile fabric having stripes running across the material. Also attributive or as adj. , defining a material striped in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > patterned > striped > specific ray?c1335 cloth of ray1548 brawl1725 bayadère1856 1856 Illustr. London News 27 Dec. 653/1 Bayadere skirts. 1879 Cassell's Family Mag. Apr. 312/1 Pompadour silks with Bayadère stripes beneath the bunches of flowers are somewhat new. 1960 Guardian 22 Apr. 8/4 Exquisite evening shoes of glazed Bayadere material. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1598 |
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