单词 | tapestry |
释义 | tapestry n. (pl. -ies)   1. a a thick textile fabric in which coloured weft threads are woven to form pictures or designs. b embroidery imitating this, usu. in wools on canvas. c a piece of such embroidery.   2. events or circumstances etc. compared with a tapestry in being intricate, interwoven, etc. (life's rich tapestry). Derivatives tapestried adj. Etymology: ME, alt. f. tapissery f. OF tapisserie f. tapissier tapestry-worker or tapisser to carpet, f. tapis: see TAPIS |
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