| 释义 |
tawdry lace
noun
Etymology: alteration of earlier St. Audrey's lace, after St. Audrey (Etheldreda or Æthelthrȳth) died 679 queen of Northumbria who founded an abbey at Ely; from the tradition that she died of a throat tumor inflicted as a punishment for her fondness for necklaces
obsolete : a woman's tie of lace worn about the neck |