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单词 millefleur
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millefleur

[ meel-flur, -floor; French meel-flœr ]
/ milˈflɜr, -ˈflʊər; French milˈflœr /

adjective

having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork.

Origin of millefleur

1905–10; <French mille fleurs literally, thousand flowers; cf. millefiori

Words nearby millefleur

Millecent, milled, Milledgeville, mille-feuille, millefiori, millefleur, millefleurs, millenarian, millenarianism, millenary, mill end
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Example sentences from the Web for millefleur

  • Delamere arose early, and calling for Millefleur, enquired at what hour Miss Mowbray was to go.

    Emmeline|Charlotte Turner Smith
  • His fever encreased; after I left him in the evening, he grew delirious; and Millefleur, terrified, came to call me to him.

    Emmeline|Charlotte Turner Smith
  • They both got in, and just as it was driving away, Millefleur ran up to it.

    Emmeline|Charlotte Turner Smith
  • He has taken Rottenbottom and Millefleur, and is going pretty well into cotton.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11, No. 22, January, 1873|Various
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