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单词 murano
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Muranon.

Brit. /mjʊˈrɑːnəʊ/, U.S. /mjʊˈrɑnoʊ/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Murano.
Etymology: < Murano, the name of an island of Venice which has been known as a centre for the manufacture of Venetian glass since 1291.
attributive. Designating or relating to the glass-making industry of Murano, or the Venetian glass made there.A glass-blowers' guild existed in Venice from 1224, but in 1291 the glass furnaces were moved to Murano from the main island. During the 15th cent. the demand for Venetian glass for export was so great that the glassmakers were confined to Murano on pain of death, in order to protect their secret techniques.
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1868 Harper's Mag. Dec. 146 Is it any pleasure to drink Lagrima Christi out of old Murano glass with a man who talks bad grammar?
1883 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 500/1 The products of the Murano glass-houses quickly supplanted the mirrors of polished metal.
1936 E. A. Barber in William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. (1941) 21 237 In coloring and workmanship they [sc. beads] strongly resemble the Murano products of that period.
1975 New Yorker 26 May 115 (advt.) Where Murano glass comes from.
1993 Art Newspaper May 21/5 The resurgence of Murano glassmaking in the mid-nineteenth century.
2002 C. Skye My Spy (2004) xiv. 105 A delicate Murano vase holding a single white rose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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