| 释义 |
Yeddo|ˈjɛdəʊ|
The former name of Tokyo, used attrib. to designate materials, etc., originating there (before 1868, in which year the name was changed), as † Yeddo crepe, Yeddo poplin; Yeddo spruce, the Japanese spruce, Picea jezoensis.
1866in A. Adburgham Shops & Shopping (1964) xii. 126 Costumes at reduced prices in Yeddo Poplin. [1906Elwes & Henry Trees Gr. Brit. & Ireland 87 Mayr informed me last year that the Yezo spruce was not introduced into Europe until 1891.] 1932W. Dallimore in F. J. Chittenden Conifers in Cultivation 26 Picea{ddd}jezoensis Carr... Yeddo Spruce—N.E. Asia to N. Japan. 1952A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 378 Picea..jezoensis, ‘Yeddo Spruce’, not so hardy as var. hondoensis, 80 to 100 ft., Japan. 1960C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 280/2 Yeddo crepe, 1880, a cotton fabric thick as linen but soft... Yeddo poplin, 1865, of pure llama wool, resembling French merino. 1981F. B. Hora in Oxf. Encycl. Trees of World 70/2 P. jezoensis Yeddo Spruce. NE Asia, Japan. |