词族 · cordovan
词形变化
英语词源
- cordovan (n.)
- 1590s, "fine Spanish leather," from adjective Cordovan, from Spanish cordovan (modern cordoban), from cordovano (adj.) "of Cordova," the Spanish city, former capital of Moorish Spain; a later adoption of the same word that became cordwain (see cordwainer). The city name is from Phoenician qorteb "oil press."
权威例句
- 1. Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of Cordovan leather.
- 穿着紧身背心, 马臀皮的靴子.
- 2. Cordovan a fine leather originally made of goatskin but now more frequently of split horsehide.
- 科尔多瓦皮革,高级皮革:最初用山羊皮制成的好皮子,现多用剖开的马皮.