单词 | shagreen |
释义 | shagreen[ shuh-green ] / ʃəˈgrin / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shagreen ON THESAURUS.COM nounan untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc. the rough skin of certain sharks, used as an abrasive. adjectiveAlso sha·greened . resembling, covered with, or made of shagreen. Origin of shagreen1605–15; <French chagrin, variant of sagrin<Turkish sağrι rump, crupper Words nearby shagreenshagged, shaggy, shaggy cap, shaggy-dog story, shaggy-mane, shagreen, shagreen skin, shagroon, shagtastic, shah, shahada Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shagreen
British Dictionary definitions for shagreenshagreen / (ʃæˈɡriːn) / nounthe rough skin of certain sharks and rays, used as an abrasive a rough grainy leather made from certain animal hides Word Origin for shagreenC17: from French chagrin, from Turkish çagri rump; also associated through folk etymology with shag 1, green Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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