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单词 filigree
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
fil•i•gree /ˈfɪləˌgri/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Jewelrydelicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wire.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fil•i•gree  (fili grē′),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -greed, -gree•ing. 
n. 
  1. Jewelrydelicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, esp. lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.
  2. anything very delicate or fanciful:a filigree of frost.

adj. 
  1. composed of or resembling filigree.

v.t. 
  1. to adorn with or form into filigree.
Also, filagree, fillagree. 
  • earlier filigreen, variant of filigrain 1685–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
filigree /ˈfɪlɪˌɡriː/, filagree, fillagree n
  1. delicate ornamental work of twisted gold, silver, or other wire
  2. any fanciful delicate ornamentation
adj
  1. made of or as if with filigree
vb ( -grees, -greeing, -greed)
  1. (transitive) to decorate with or as if with filigree
Etymology: 17th Century: from earlier filigreen, from French filigrane, from Latin fīlum thread + grānum grain

ˈfiliˌgreed adj
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