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

bombazine

/ˈbɒmbəziːn

noun [mass noun]

A twilled dress fabric of worsted and silk or cotton, especially a black kind formerly used for mourning clothes.Confusingly, the original source of the word was the Greek bombux, ‘silkworm ‘, from which we also get bombazine.’...

This visitor, dressed in a black bombazine gown and closely veiled, was a familiar sight on the streets of St. Louis, as she took the air daily in her light carriage.
Leaning against the steel railing that surrounded the stairwell stood four men, dressed in green bombazine jumpsuits.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting raw cotton): from French bombasin, from medieval Latin bombacinum, from bombycinum, neuter of bombycinus 'silken', based on Greek bombux 'silkworm'.

单词	bombazine
释义	bombazine /ˈbɒmbəziːn / noun [mass noun] A twilled dress fabric of worsted and silk or cotton, especially a black kind formerly used for mourning clothes.Confusingly, the original source of the word was the Greek bombux, ‘silkworm ‘, from which we also get bombazine.’... This visitor, dressed in a black bombazine gown and closely veiled, was a familiar sight on the streets of St. Louis, as she took the air daily in her light carriage. Leaning against the steel railing that surrounded the stairwell stood four men, dressed in green bombazine jumpsuits. Origin Mid 16th century (denoting raw cotton): from French bombasin, from medieval Latin bombacinum, from bombycinum, neuter of bombycinus 'silken', based on Greek bombux 'silkworm'.
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