单词 | sari |
释义 | sarin. a. A long wrapping garment of cloth or silk, usually of a bright colour, worn by Hindu women; also, the material of which this is composed.In use one end is passed several times round the waist to form a kind of petticoat and the remaining end passing across the bosom and left shoulder is thrown over the head. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > sari sari1785 zari1969 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xvi. 28/2 They make whole peeces or webbes of this hearbe [of Bengalen]... These webs are named Sarrijn, and it is much vsed and worne in India.] 1785 in W. S. Seton-Karr & H. D. Sandeman Select. Calcutta Gaz. (1864) I. 90 Her clothes were then taken off, and a red silk covering (a saurry) put upon her. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 301/1 From Burhampoor they receive turbans, saries, and other stained goods. 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia vi. 147 One arm clasping her crimson sari close To wrap the babe. 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 128 In spite of their fine silk sarees and gold ornaments. 1907 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 241/1 Held in a fold of the sarhi, they sport with their mother's ear-rings. 1907 Imperial Gazetteer India (new ed.) III. 199 The choli (khāna) is a little bodice now largely worn by women below the sārī. 1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 6 May 6 I was struck today by the international character of London. Indians in gay saris, a group of Japanese,..all passed me. 1960 J. Masters Venus of Konpara xviii. 131 Her sari was pale green..and under it the choli was almost transparent. 1969 Hindu 3 Aug. 12/4 A petition on behalf of over 4,000 handloom weavers of Salem and other parts of Tamil Nadu was presented to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday urging the immediate implementation of the order reserving manufacture of coloured sarees for the handloom sector. 1969 Femina (Bombay) 26 Dec. 8/4 The piece-de-resistance of the show, a smart zip-up sari, found great favour with the foreigners in the audience. 1971 R. Russell tr. A. Ahmad Shore & Wave i. 14 Love for the dark-skinned maidservants in their grubby sarees. 1971 Ceylon Observer 19 Sept. (Mag. ed.) 4/8 (advt.) New silver motive white Manipuri saree. 1976 Leicester Trader 24 Nov. 22/1 (advt.) Also we clean..dresses, bedspreads, sarees, etc. b. ‘An embroidered long scarf of gauze or silk.’ [Perhaps a misunderstanding of preceding sense.]In recent dictionaries. ΚΠ 1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > resembling toga toga-like1887 sari1936 1936 J. Flanner in New Yorker 22 Aug. 65/1 The Hindu hockey team, and its handsome, sari-clad womenfolk. 1955 R. P. Jhabvala To whom she Will xiv. 96 Radha..would walk into a sari-shop, because she was so fond of looking at nice silks. 1968 Guardian 19 Sept. 7/3 Embroidered sari silks for evening dresses. 1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions xxvi. 392 There was little chance of seeing her..save as a sari-shrouded figure on the occasion of her marriage. Derivatives ˈsari'd adj. wearing a sari. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > other kirtled1637 untuckered1713 jerkined1777 tabarded1837 doubleted1858 cardiganed1871 blouse-clad1892 saronged1934 sari'd1958 sweatshirted1977 1958 E. A. Robertson Justice of Heart xv. 212 The sari'd head wagged slower. 1975 O. Sela Bengali Inheritance vii. 53 Oval-eyed, smiling sareed girl with skin like brown silk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1785 |
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