单词 | chamois |
释义 | chamois /sham"ee/; Fr. /shann mwah"/, n. , pl. chamois, chamoix /sham"eez/; Fr. /shann mwah"/, v. , chamoised /sham"eed/, chamoising /sham"ee ing/. n. 1. an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas. 2. a soft, pliable leather from any of various skins dressed with oil, esp. fish oil, originally prepared from the skin of the chamois. 3. a piece of this leather. 4. a cotton cloth finished to simulate this leather. 5. a medium to grayish yellow color. v.t. 6. to dress (a pelt) with oil in order to produce a chamois. 7. to rub or buff with a chamois. Also, chammy, shammy, shamoy (for defs. 2-4, 6, 7). [1525-35; < MF < LL camox, presumably of pre-L orig.; cf. GEMS] |
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