单词 | tassel |
释义 | tassel —tasseler; esp. Brit., tasseller, n. —tasselly; esp. Brit., tasselly, adj. /tas"euhl/, n. , v. , tasseled, tasseling or (esp. Brit.) tasselled, tasselling. n. 1. a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc. 2. something resembling this, as the inflorescence of certain plants, esp. that at the summit of a stalk of corn. v.t. 3. to furnish or adorn with tassels. 4. to form into a tassel or tassels. 5. to remove the tassel from (growing corn) in order to improve the crop. v.i. 6. (of corn) to put forth tassels (often fol. by out). [1250-1300; ME (n.) < OF tas(s)el fastening for cloak < VL *tassellus, b. L tessella (dim. of tessera die for gaming) and taxillus (dim. of talus die for gaming). See TESSELLATE, TALUS1] |
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