• n. 织锦；挂毯；绣帷
• vt. 用挂毯装饰

来自古法语 tapisserie,织锦，壁毯，挂毯，来自 tapiz,毯子，地毯，通过拉丁语借自希腊语 tapes, 纺织品，布料，毯子，词源同 tape.

tapestry

tapestry: [15] The ultimate source of tapestry is Greek tápēs ‘tapestry, woven carpet’. Its diminutive from tapētion was borrowed via late Latin tapētium into Old French as tapis ‘carpet’. From this was derived the verb tapisser ‘cover with a carpet’, and this in turn formed the basis of a noun tapisserie ‘carpets, woven material’. English took it over and altered it to tapestry.

tapestry (n.)

late 14c., tapiestre, with unetymological -t-, from Old French tapisserie "tapestry" (14c.), from tapisser "to cover with heavy fabric," from tapis "heavy fabric, carpet," from tapiz "carpet, floor covering" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Byzantine Greek tapetion, from classical Greek, diminutive of tapes (genitive tapetos) "heavy fabric, carpet, rug," from an Iranian source (compare Persian taftan "to turn, twist"), from PIE *temp- "to stretch." The figurative use is first recorded 1580s.

1. The seats of the chairs had been recovered in tapestry.

椅座上又铺回了花毯。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He sat on a tapestry cushion next to the hearth.

他坐在壁炉边上的一块绣花软垫上。

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3. His "An Orkney Tapestry" is still the definitive book on the islands.

他的《奥克尼挂毯》一书仍是关于这些岛屿的最权威著作。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Hedgerows and meadows are thick with a tapestry of wild flowers.

灌木树篱和草地中开满了五彩缤纷的野花。

来自柯林斯例句

5. crafts such as embroidery and tapestry

诸如刺绣和织锦之类的手工艺

来自《权威词典》