chiffon

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton. countable,uncountable
    — Her dresses are made from these marvelous chiffons.
  2. Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc. countable,uncountable

词形变化

chiffons plural

词汇关系

衍生词
chiffon cake chiffonlike chiffon pie chiffony lemon chiffon

词源

Borrowed from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”); see chip.
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