单词 | corduroy |
释义 | corduroy /kawr"deuh roy', kawr'deuh roy"/, n. 1. a cotton-filling pile fabric with lengthwise cords or ridges. 2. corduroys, trousers made of this fabric. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or resembling corduroy. 4. constructed of logs laid together transversely, as a road across swampy ground. v.t. 5. to form (a road or the like) by laying logs transversely. 6. to make a corduroy road across or along. [1780-90; perh. CORD (cf. CORDS) + duroy, deroy (now obs.) a woolen fabric originating in W England; later taken as F cord du roy the king's cords, though the fabric had no connection with France] |
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