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单词 matryoshka
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Definition of matryoshka in English:

matryoshka

(also matryoshka doll)
nounPlural matryoshki ˌmatrɪˈɒʃkaˌmatrēˈäSHkə
  • another term for Russian doll
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Perhaps the best-known lacquered Russian folk art piece is the matryoshka, a series of wooden dolls that nest inside each other.
    • The space doll - a matryoshka, or traditional Russian nesting doll - is actually a close-to-lifesize head and torso made of soft material to simulate human tissue, with embedded sensors to measure radiation exposure.
    • As a whole it resembles the Russian matryoshka doll - layers of complexity which render easy solutions such as plebiscite or partition impracticable and call for a more sophisticated approach.
    • The system works like Russian matryoshka dolls, shells within shells within shells, which in the end can be impenetrable to legal process.
    • In form it's a colorful matryoshka doll - a story-within-a-story-within-a-story.

Origin

1940s: from Russian matrëshka.

 
 

Definition of matryoshka in US English:

matryoshka

(also matryoshka doll)
nounˌmatrēˈäSHkə
  • Each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another.

    Also called Russian doll
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a whole it resembles the Russian matryoshka doll - layers of complexity which render easy solutions such as plebiscite or partition impracticable and call for a more sophisticated approach.
    • Perhaps the best-known lacquered Russian folk art piece is the matryoshka, a series of wooden dolls that nest inside each other.
    • In form it's a colorful matryoshka doll - a story-within-a-story-within-a-story.
    • The system works like Russian matryoshka dolls, shells within shells within shells, which in the end can be impenetrable to legal process.
    • The space doll - a matryoshka, or traditional Russian nesting doll - is actually a close-to-lifesize head and torso made of soft material to simulate human tissue, with embedded sensors to measure radiation exposure.

Origin

1940s: from Russian matrëshka.

 
 
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