单词 | rickrack |
释义 | rickrackn. Originally U.S. A decorative zigzag braid, used esp. as a trimming for garments. Frequently attributive, as rickrack braid, rickrack edging, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > braid > specific parchment lace1542 lace1548 lacing1593 Naples lace1612 mignonette1721 struntain1793 French braid1809 lacet1822 Russia braid1825 Russian braid1839 soutache1856 mignardise1868 galloon1877 rickrack1880 Greek braid1894 vermicelli braid1904 tracing-braid1906 Paris binding1918 oak-leaf braid1934 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > braid spaced braid1882 rickrack1911 1880 Titusville (Pa.) Morning Herald 24 Sept. F. N. Bell..attracts no little attention by the puffing, scallops, ruffling and rick-rack work he turns out. 1881 Godey's Lady's Bk. Sept. 276/2 Apron made of white nansook muslin,..the sides, ruffle, and two rows above ruffle being trimmed with rickrack. 1899 Los Angeles Times 25 Jan. 5 (advt.) Flannel dressed 14c... Trimmed with ric-rac braid, sizes 2 to 4. 1911 C. Harris Eve's Second Husband 279 A wife who wore rick-rack braid on her petticoats. 1960 Harper's Bazaar Apr. 76 Loosely sashed sheath..trimmed with black ric-rac. 1973 E. Harvor Women & Children 155 On her beach-bag a stylized blue flounder swam through perfect waves of turquoise rick-rack. 1997 A. Roy God of Small Things (1998) xiii. 254 Mammachi arrived in the kitchen, in her petticoat and pale pink dressing gown with rickrack edging. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rickrackv. U.S. transitive. To trim with rickrack; (also figurative) to mark with zigzags.In quot. 1882: to while away (time) by trimming things with rickrack. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > trim > with ribbon or braid riband1386 ribbon1656 braid1848 rickrack1882 1882 J. G. Austin Nantucket Scraps i. iv. 60 The ladies..tatted or crocheted or ric-racked the golden hours away. 1926 R. Leigh 101 New Ways for Women to make Money ii. 51 This is rickracked all around—and there you are. 1972 Vogue Feb. 46 Poppy dress..pinked and ric-racked. 1976 Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah) 18 Jan. 20/1 (heading) Be original by rickracking denims. 2006 C. Davis Labors of Heart (2007) 19 A [ceramic] clown, whose hand-painted face..was rickracked with seams and yellowing glue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。