单词 | mantua |
释义 | mantua1/ˈmantjʊə![]() noun A woman’s loose gown of a kind fashionable during the 17th and 18th centuries.Born George Waldron, near Dublin, the son of a silversmith and a mantua maker, he'd run away from grammar school at 16 (after he stabbed another schoolboy in a fight) and joined a bank of strolling players....
OriginAlteration of French manteau, influenced by Mantua. Mantua2/ˈmantjʊə![]() A town in Lombardy, northern Italy, on the River Mincio; population 48,357 (2008). Italian name Mantova ˈmantova. |
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