furbelow
英 ['fɜːbɪləʊ]
美['fɝbl,o]
释义
n. 俗丽的装饰；衣裙边饰
vt. 饰以俗丽的装饰；饰绉褶于……上
词态变化
第三人称单数: furbelows;过去式: furbelowed;过去分词: furbelowed;现在分词: furbelowing;
英文词源
- furbelow (n.)
- "puffed flounce, plaited border," c. 1700, folk-etymology alteration (as if fur below) of falbala, from French falbala (17c., cognate with Provençal farbello), from Italian falda "fold, flap, pleat," from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *faldan, from PIE *pel- (3) "to fold" (see fold (v.)). As a verb from 1701.
英英释意
- 1. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
