| 单词 | sapphire button |
| 释义 | > as lemmassapphire button f. A small, ball-shaped, ornamental knob or finial, typically made of porcelain, glass, metal, or a gemstone, worn on the cap of a Chinese mandarin (mandarin n.1 1a), and indicating by its colour and material the rank of the wearer. Also: the rank represented by such a button. Frequently with modifying adjective specifying the knob's colour or material, as sapphire button, red button (see red button n. 1), etc.; often used attributively, as pink-button mandarin. Now historical.Such buttons were worn by Chinese mandarins during the Qing dynasty (1644–1912). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > other jace1399 loopa1475 shakers1506 aglet1530 nerve1531 pipe1533 targeting1563 pinion1583 pinioning1597 tzitzit1618 loop-lace1632 button1671 tip1681 fal-lal1703 falbala1705 furbelow1706 jewelling1718 weeper1724 pompom1748 chiffons1765 foliage-trimming1818 mancheron1822 piping1825 manchette1835 patte1835 streamer1838 waterfall1841 paillette1843 brandenburgs1873 motif1882 patch1884 smocking1888 jockey1896 strapping1898 steel1899 sparklet1902 slotting1923 1671 tr. J. de Palafox y Mendoza Hist. Conquest of China by Tartars xxxii. 573 The Mandorins..are distinguished by these Plates, which they ever wear, either of Gold or Silver, with some Jewel set in the midst. And..the bigness, colour, form, and fashion of the Plate, Button [Fr. le bouton], or Jewel, must..mark out the rank and quality of him who wears it. 1798 tr. A. E. van Braam Houckgeest Authentic Acct. Embassy Dutch East-India Company to China I. 32 The bullky presents were dispatched for Pe-king..under the care of a principal Mandarin of the white button. 1819 J. McLeod Narr. Voy. Alceste (ed. 3) 111 Certain mandarins..were not of sufficient button to be entertained in the company of the embassador. 1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 225 It would be considered..strange to see a mandarin of any considerable button under the influence of opium. 1876 J. S. Ingram Centennial Expos. xxii. 485 He is a most eminent man in China, a pink button mandarin, and the greatest..banker in the empire. 1911 E. Wherry Red Lantern ix. 193 On condition that Jung Lu commend him to the Empress as candidate for the ‘Sapphire Button’ or rank of third grade mandarin. 1992 J. Rothschild tr. A. Peyrefitte Immobile Empire (2013) ii. xi. 71 Qiao, who sported a blue button (one grade below the red), was a man of letters. < as lemmas |
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