英语词汇“frill”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

frill

/frɪl

noun

1A strip of gathered or pleated material sewn on to a garment or larger piece of material as a decorative edging or ornament.It was pink, with frills around the collar and bottom hem....

The sleeves of the shirt were, thanks to Allicia, immaculately black, the frills of the cuffs ruffled lightly.
There were tucks and folds and frills and bows and lace and rhinestones and embroidery and ribbons all over it.

Synonyms

ruffle, flounce, ruff, furbelow, jabot, peplum, flute, ruche, ruching, gather, tuck, fringe

archaic purfle

1.1A thing resembling a frill in appearance or function: tiny frills of foam glistened white on the sea...

To overcome the wax problem one may use a paper frill, or a silver foil mince pie container to create a collar containing the wax.
One variety has double flowers that are a mass of frills but it almost seems like too much perfection in one flower.
In his book on orchids he documents the elaborate frills and furbelows, gimmicks and traps, that lure and exploit insect pollinators, thereby ensuring cross-fertilization.

1.2A natural fringe of feathers or hair on a bird or other animal.These reptiles are often ornamented with a crest of scales along the back, as well as assorted spines, frills, and throat fans; all this gives them a remarkably prehistoric appearance.

1.3 Palaeontology An upward-curving bony plate extending behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs.Their ornamented dome may have served as a communication system that was primarily visual within species, analogous to the crests, horns, and frills of ceratopsid dinosaurs....

On some Triceratops fossils, both on the face and on the frill (the only plate extending back over its neck), there are healed puncture wounds.
For example, let's say you've got an eight-foot long skull of a Triceratops-like dinosaur adorned with horns over the nose and eyes, and an elongated bony frill sticking out behind.

2 (usually frills) An unnecessary extra feature or embellishment: it was just a comfortable flat with no frills...

In an article last October, I described how my wife and I planned to chop around £800 a month from our expenses by cutting back on unnecessary luxuries, frills and trimmings.
It's as nice a defensive pistol as you can buy, with every feature needed and no unnecessary frills.
‘Our clients are paying for our services, not the extra frills of working from the glassy palaces of Covent Garden,’ he said.

Synonyms

ostentation, ornamentation, decoration, embellishment, fanciness, fuss, chichi, garnishing, garnishment, gilding, excess;

trimmings, affectations, extras, additions, non-essentials, luxuries, extravagances, superfluities

informal jazz, jazziness, flashiness, fandangle

rare folderols, fallalery

Derivatives

frilled

/frɪld

/ adjective ...

To my delight, it really is frilled and ruffled.
The petals may be overlapped, recurved, frilled, crinkled or ruffled.
She wore a conservative blouse of dark cream chiffon, with a high, frilled collar and ruffles up the front.

单词	frill
释义	frill /frɪl / noun 1A strip of gathered or pleated material sewn on to a garment or larger piece of material as a decorative edging or ornament.It was pink, with frills around the collar and bottom hem.... The sleeves of the shirt were, thanks to Allicia, immaculately black, the frills of the cuffs ruffled lightly. There were tucks and folds and frills and bows and lace and rhinestones and embroidery and ribbons all over it. Synonyms ruffle, flounce, ruff, furbelow, jabot, peplum, flute, ruche, ruching, gather, tuck, fringe archaic purfle 1.1A thing resembling a frill in appearance or function: tiny frills of foam glistened white on the sea... To overcome the wax problem one may use a paper frill, or a silver foil mince pie container to create a collar containing the wax. One variety has double flowers that are a mass of frills but it almost seems like too much perfection in one flower. In his book on orchids he documents the elaborate frills and furbelows, gimmicks and traps, that lure and exploit insect pollinators, thereby ensuring cross-fertilization. 1.2A natural fringe of feathers or hair on a bird or other animal.These reptiles are often ornamented with a crest of scales along the back, as well as assorted spines, frills, and throat fans; all this gives them a remarkably prehistoric appearance. 1.3 Palaeontology An upward-curving bony plate extending behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs.Their ornamented dome may have served as a communication system that was primarily visual within species, analogous to the crests, horns, and frills of ceratopsid dinosaurs.... On some Triceratops fossils, both on the face and on the frill (the only plate extending back over its neck), there are healed puncture wounds. For example, let's say you've got an eight-foot long skull of a Triceratops-like dinosaur adorned with horns over the nose and eyes, and an elongated bony frill sticking out behind. 2 (usually frills) An unnecessary extra feature or embellishment: it was just a comfortable flat with no frills... In an article last October, I described how my wife and I planned to chop around £800 a month from our expenses by cutting back on unnecessary luxuries, frills and trimmings. It's as nice a defensive pistol as you can buy, with every feature needed and no unnecessary frills. ‘Our clients are paying for our services, not the extra frills of working from the glassy palaces of Covent Garden,’ he said. Synonyms ostentation, ornamentation, decoration, embellishment, fanciness, fuss, chichi, garnishing, garnishment, gilding, excess; trimmings, affectations, extras, additions, non-essentials, luxuries, extravagances, superfluities informal jazz, jazziness, flashiness, fandangle rare folderols, fallalery Derivatives frilled /frɪld / adjective ... To my delight, it really is frilled and ruffled. The petals may be overlapped, recurved, frilled, crinkled or ruffled. She wore a conservative blouse of dark cream chiffon, with a high, frilled collar and ruffles up the front. frillery noun Origin Late 16th century: from or related to Flemish frul. Rhymes bill, Brazil, brill, Camille, chill, cookchill, dill, distil (US distill), downhill, drill, Edgehill, Estoril, fill, freewill, fulfil (US fulfill), Gill, goodwill, grill, grille, hill, ill, instil, kill, krill, mil, mill, nil, Phil, pill, quadrille, quill, rill, Seville, shill, shrill, sill, skill, spadille, spill, squill, still, stock-still, swill, thill, thrill, till, trill, twill, until, uphill, will
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