Chippendale

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英文释义

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  1. A style of furniture designed by, or resembling that of, Thomas Chippendale, generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. attributive
  2. A style of rococo bookplate. attributive
  3. A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

词源

From an assimilated (alveolarized) variant of the placename Chippingdale, from Old English ċīeping (“market”) + dæl (“valley”).
* (furniture): Named after English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779).
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