| 释义 |
pongee|pʌnˈdʒiː|
Also 8–9 paunche; cf. also bungee.
[perh. ad. North Chinese pŭn-chī, for Mandarin pŭn-kī own loom, or ad. pŭn-chəh own weaving, quasi ‘home-made’. (Here ŭ means (ʌ).)]
A soft unbleached kind of Chinese silk, made from the cocoons of a wild silk-worm (Bombyx Pernyi or Fantoni) which feeds on oak-leaves; known in the East as Chefoo silk. Also attrib.
1711C. Lockyer Acc. Trade India 122 Wrought Silks are cheap and good, of innumerable Sorts..Damasks, Sattins, Taffetas, Paunches. 1813W. Milburn Oriental Comm. II. 518 China wrought Silks..paunches, plain blues, pinks and whites. 1883E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones 102 The shawl she wears, of some printed pongee stuff, is a family heirloom. 1890S. J. Duncan Social Departure 193 In garments of pongee silk and a pith helmet. 1893C. King Foes in Ambush 2 A broad-brimmed straw hat, a pongee shirt, loose trousers. |