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单词 reps
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repsn.

Brit. /rɛps/, U.S. /rɛps/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reps.
Etymology: < French reps (1812; 1730 as retz ), perhaps < English ribs , plural of rib n.1 (compare rib n.1 10b and earlier ribbed adj. 2c, although reb is only attested as a variant of rib n.1 considerably earlier than the earliest attestations of the French word). Compare (perhaps also ultimately < English ribs ) German rips (18th cent.), and also Dutch rips , reps , ribs (19th cent.), Swedish rips , reps , ribs , rebs (early 19th cent.). Compare later rep n.6
Now rare.
= rep n.6
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > ribbed or corded
cord1776
reps1816
rep1858
1816 Times 18 Nov. 1/2 New French reps for pelisses.
1867 Art Jrnl. 29 228/3 The reps has this objection, that it is so susceptible and tenacious of odour.
1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile iii. 59 A cushioned divan covered with a smart woollen reps ran along each side.
1943 J. Laver Fashion & Fashion Plates 1800–1900 30 Silk reps or corded silk in a lovely shade of heliotrope adorned with black passementerie of elaborate design.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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