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单词 torsade
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torsade

[ tawr-sahd, -seyd ]
/ tɔrˈsɑd, -ˈseɪd /

noun

a twisted cord.
any ornamental twist, as of velvet.

Origin of torsade

1880–85; <French: twisted fringe, equivalent to tors twisted (see torse) + -ade-ade1

Words nearby torsade

torrid, Torrid Zone, torrify, Torrijos Herrera, Torrington, torsade, torsade de pointes, torse, torsel, Tórshavn, torsi
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Example sentences from the Web for torsade

  • Torsade′, an ornament like a twisted cord; Tor′sel, a twisted scroll: a plate in a brick wall to support the end of a beam.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
  • Hair ornamented with broad velvet ribbons rolled in the torsade and with ends floating at each side.

    Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for torsade

torsade
/ (tɔːˈseɪd) /

noun

an ornamental twist or twisted cord, as on hats

Word Origin for torsade

C19: from French, from obsolete tors twisted, from Late Latin torsus, from Latin torquēre to twist
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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