| 单词 | tabby |
| 释义 | tabby tabby1 /tab"ee/, n. , pl. tabbies, adj., v., tabbied, tabbying. n. 1. a cat with a striped or brindled coat. 2. a domestic cat, esp. a female one. 3. a spinster. 4. a spiteful female gossip or tattler. 5. See plain weave. 6. a watered silk fabric, or any other watered material, as moreen. adj. 7. striped or brindled. 8. made of or resembling tabby. v.t. 9. to give a wavy or watered appearance to, as silk. [1630-40; back formation from F tabis (taken as pl.), MF (a)tabis silk cloth < ML attabi < Ar 'attabi, deriv. of (al-)'Attabiyah, quarter of Baghdad where the silk was first made, lit., the quarter of (Prince) 'Attab] tabby2 /tab"ee/, n. (in the southeastern U.S.) a building material composed of ground oyster shells, lime, and sand, mixed with salt water. [1765-75, Amer.; said to be of West African orig.] |
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