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单词 chenille
释义 chenille
 /sheuh neel"/,  n.  
  1. a velvety cord or yarn of silk or worsted, for embroidery, fringes, etc.
  2. fabric made with a fringed silken thread used as the weft in combination with wool or cotton.
  3. any fabric with a protruding pile, as in certain rayon bedspreads.
  4. a deep-pile, durable, woolen carpeting with chenille weft: the most expensive power-loomed floor covering.
 [1730-40; < F: velvety cord, lit., caterpillar < L canicula, with etymological sense "little dog," though attested only in senses "shrewish woman, dogfish, Sirius" (see CANICULAR); for parallel use of "cat" in same sense, see CATERPILLAR]
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