farthingale
英 [ˈfɑ:ðɪŋgeɪl]
美 [ˈfɑrðɪŋgeɪl]
- n. 鲸骨圆环；用鲸骨圆环扩大的裙子
中文词源
farthingale 裙撑
来自西班牙语verdugo, 杆，词源同verdure,绿枝，青翠的草木。在古代用做妇女的大裙子的裙撑。
英语词源
- farthingale (n.)
- contrivance for extending the skirts of women's dresses, formerly also vardingale, etc., 1550s, from Middle French verdugale, from Spanish verdugado "hooped, hooped skirt," from verdugo "rod, stick, young shoot of a tree," from verde "green," from Latin viridis (see verdure). Originally made with cane hoops or rods. The form perhaps influenced by martingale.
权威例句
- 1. Margaret pinned up her kirtle and farthingale, for the road was wet.
- 因为路很湿,玛格丽特把她的马甲和裙子挽起用别针别紧.