leatherette

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌlɛðəˈɹɛt/    美 /ˌlɛðəˈɹɛt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather. also,attributive,countable,uncountable
    — Many attempts have been made to supply a material to take the place of leather on cheap books, but hitherto nothing has been quite successful. [...] Such a material has apparently appeared in the form of "Leatherette," which is a kind of felted paper, very tough, the same colour throughout, and which may be grained to imitate leather; indeed, the imitation is so close, both in appearance and in feel, that only a practised eye can perceive that it is not leather.
  2. A person, especially a woman, who dresses in leather or imitation leather. slang
    — The NYU [New York University] tarts and the club slime, the art holes and the once-a-week bridge-and-tunnel leatherettes, the spikes and the usual dregs and walking garbage, Eel was giving them all the hiss.

词形变化

leatherettes plural leatherettes plural

词源

词源 1
From leather + -ette (suffix forming nouns meaning an imitation or substitute of something); originally a trademark that has since been genericized.
词源 2
From leather + -ette (suffix forming nouns denoting (female) people).
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