单词 | frill |
释义 | Word Frequency frill(frɪl) noun 1. a gathered, ruched, or pleated strip of cloth sewn on at one edge only, as on garments, as ornament, or to give extra body 2. a ruff of hair or feathers around the neck of a dog or bird or a fold of skin around the neck of a reptile or amphibian 3. (often capital) a variety of domestic fancy pigeon having a ruff of curled feathers on the chest and crop Full name: oriental frill4. photography a wrinkling or loosening of the emulsion at the edges of a negative or print 5. (often plural) informal a superfluous or pretentious thing or manner; affectation he made a plain speech with no frills verb 6. (transitive) to adorn or fit with a frill or frills 7. to form into a frill or frills 8. (intransitive) photography (of an emulsion) to develop a frill Derived forms frilliness (ˈfrilliness) noun frilly (ˈfrilly) adjective Word origin C14: perhaps of Flemish origin |
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