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单词 moire
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Definition of moire in English:

moire

(also moiré)
noun mwɑːmwɑr
mass noun
  • Silk fabric that has been subjected to heat and pressure rollers after weaving to give it a rippled appearance.

    a backless dress fashioned out of moire in the new fashionable colour
    count noun many brocades and moires have a high acetate content
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The term moiré, by the way, comes from watered silk, as mentioned in Pepys' Diary.
    • In the firm's classic line, pure silk moire is making a comeback, and black is back.
    • Smooth, shiny surfaces such as silk, moiré, chintz and silk-like looks support a more formal feeling in a room.
    • They gathered up the 60 feet of rose watered moiré and wrapped the train around the body and arms of their master.
    • Wall coverings include florals, ticking, toile, and moirés depending on the level of formality.
adjective mwɑːmwɑr
  • 1(of silk) having a rippled, lustrous finish.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The firm's voile fabrics had a moire effect created by weaving three different colored nylon layers together.
    • With his fingernails the valet moved quickly across the moiré, so that the costly fabric hissed and squeaked.
    • The flaring ends of the dress were skirted in moiré and beads of black lace edged the plunging neckline and flaring cuffs.
    • Mannish cropped trousers were paired with masculine grey flannel coats covered in subdued moiré swirls, perfect black capes lined in printed silk, and short coachman mantles edged in white mink.
    • Now they carried the 60 feet of pale rose-colored moiré silk to the pit and held them high above the mud.
    • I soon found out that my 1 yard of brocade was not enough to make the jacket so I pieced the moiré where I could.
    Synonyms
    multicoloured, many-hued, prismatic, rainbow-like, kaleidoscopic, iridescent, lustrous, shimmering, glittering, sparkling, scintillating, variegated, shot, moiré, opaline, milky, pearly, nacreous, pearlescent
    1. 1.1 Having a pattern of irregular wavy lines like that of moire.
      another video picture defect is the flickering moiré effect seen on finely patterned surfaces
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I saw no pixelization, moiré patterns, edge enhancement, or anything else that would ruin your experience.
      • When scanning from magazines, the magazine filter should be used to avoid moire.
      • On top of an overall soft and grainy print, there's some artifacting, moiré shimmering, and haloing.
      • The only flaws I noticed were some occasional noise in solid surfaces and some occasional moiré / shimmer in the exteriors of brick or stone buildings.
      • Edge enhancement is rarely present, and there is a notable lack of moiré rainbows given Harry's checkered suit and pinstriped tie.
      • Aside from some bad aliasing and the occasional moiré problem, I could detect no digital flaws at all.
      • There are at least a few spots where moiré noise appears in textures such as stonework.
      • The two surfaces of bright dipped anodised mesh create a moire pattern and conceal the aluminium tube substructure to which the rear piece of the boxes is fixed.
      • Although presented in full frame, there was no noticeable artifacting or moiré.
      • The knifed-on ellipses stand out in slight relief against multicolored grounds of poured and squeegeed paint that sometimes imitate woodgrain or moire patterns.
      • An overlay screen consisting of dots reveals enlarged images of the printed halftone dot shapes by means of the moiré phenomenon.
      • It is an abstract meditation film made with hand-drawn, optical moiré patterns set to an Indian raga soundtrack.
      • There are numerous instances of edge enhancement, aliasing, and moiré problems.
      • He wears a striped suit that has a wicked moiré effect on TV.
      • There is shimmering and moiré noise all over the place.
      • Though lavishly illustrated, the photos are marred in many cases by inaccurate captions or even moiré patterns that any skilled scanner operator could have avoided.
      • There were video flaws, especially digital artifacts, shimmer, and moiré, but the image was stable and the detail clear.
      • Further moiré, marbled and feathered patterns of spiraling lines and spinning concentric circles hype the image up with bang, wallop and wham-bam.
      • There is some occasional moiré and aliasing evident, but nothing too serious.
      • The image is flawless, save for occasional moiré patterns caused by the tacky '70s clothing patterns.

Origin

Mid 17th century: French moire 'mohair' (the original fabric); the variant moiré 'given a watered appearance' (past participle of moirer, from moire).

Rhymes

aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah
 
 

Definition of moire in US English:

moire

(also moiré)
nounmwärmwɑr
  • Silk fabric that has been subjected to heat and pressure rollers after weaving to give it a rippled appearance.

    a backless dress fashioned out of moire in the new fashionable color
    count noun many brocades and moires have a high acetate content
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They gathered up the 60 feet of rose watered moiré and wrapped the train around the body and arms of their master.
    • Wall coverings include florals, ticking, toile, and moirés depending on the level of formality.
    • In the firm's classic line, pure silk moire is making a comeback, and black is back.
    • The term moiré, by the way, comes from watered silk, as mentioned in Pepys' Diary.
    • Smooth, shiny surfaces such as silk, moiré, chintz and silk-like looks support a more formal feeling in a room.
adjectivemwärmwɑr
  • 1(of silk) having a rippled, lustrous finish.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With his fingernails the valet moved quickly across the moiré, so that the costly fabric hissed and squeaked.
    • The flaring ends of the dress were skirted in moiré and beads of black lace edged the plunging neckline and flaring cuffs.
    • Now they carried the 60 feet of pale rose-colored moiré silk to the pit and held them high above the mud.
    • I soon found out that my 1 yard of brocade was not enough to make the jacket so I pieced the moiré where I could.
    • Mannish cropped trousers were paired with masculine grey flannel coats covered in subdued moiré swirls, perfect black capes lined in printed silk, and short coachman mantles edged in white mink.
    • The firm's voile fabrics had a moire effect created by weaving three different colored nylon layers together.
    Synonyms
    multicoloured, many-hued, prismatic, rainbow-like, kaleidoscopic, iridescent, lustrous, shimmering, glittering, sparkling, scintillating, variegated, shot, moiré, opaline, milky, pearly, nacreous, pearlescent
    1. 1.1 Denoting or showing a pattern of irregular wavy lines produced by the superposition at a slight angle of two sets of closely spaced lines.
      another video picture defect is the flickering moiré effect seen on finely patterned surfaces
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The only flaws I noticed were some occasional noise in solid surfaces and some occasional moiré / shimmer in the exteriors of brick or stone buildings.
      • Though lavishly illustrated, the photos are marred in many cases by inaccurate captions or even moiré patterns that any skilled scanner operator could have avoided.
      • He wears a striped suit that has a wicked moiré effect on TV.
      • Aside from some bad aliasing and the occasional moiré problem, I could detect no digital flaws at all.
      • There are at least a few spots where moiré noise appears in textures such as stonework.
      • Further moiré, marbled and feathered patterns of spiraling lines and spinning concentric circles hype the image up with bang, wallop and wham-bam.
      • The two surfaces of bright dipped anodised mesh create a moire pattern and conceal the aluminium tube substructure to which the rear piece of the boxes is fixed.
      • When scanning from magazines, the magazine filter should be used to avoid moire.
      • There are numerous instances of edge enhancement, aliasing, and moiré problems.
      • I saw no pixelization, moiré patterns, edge enhancement, or anything else that would ruin your experience.
      • An overlay screen consisting of dots reveals enlarged images of the printed halftone dot shapes by means of the moiré phenomenon.
      • It is an abstract meditation film made with hand-drawn, optical moiré patterns set to an Indian raga soundtrack.
      • There is shimmering and moiré noise all over the place.
      • Edge enhancement is rarely present, and there is a notable lack of moiré rainbows given Harry's checkered suit and pinstriped tie.
      • There were video flaws, especially digital artifacts, shimmer, and moiré, but the image was stable and the detail clear.
      • The knifed-on ellipses stand out in slight relief against multicolored grounds of poured and squeegeed paint that sometimes imitate woodgrain or moire patterns.
      • The image is flawless, save for occasional moiré patterns caused by the tacky '70s clothing patterns.
      • On top of an overall soft and grainy print, there's some artifacting, moiré shimmering, and haloing.
      • Although presented in full frame, there was no noticeable artifacting or moiré.
      • There is some occasional moiré and aliasing evident, but nothing too serious.

Origin

Mid 17th century: French moire ‘mohair’ (the original fabric); the variant moiré ‘given a watered appearance’ (past participle of moirer, from moire).

 
 
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