satin

来自法语 satin,绸缎，来自阿拉伯语 zaytuni,刺桐，刺桐的绸缎，即 Zaitun,刺桐，泉州古名， 中世纪时海上丝绸之路的起点（有争议）。

satin

satin: [14] Like many other fabric names, satin betrays the fabric’s place of origin, although only after a little digging. It comes via Old French satin from Arabic zaitūnī, which denoted ‘of Zaitun’ – and Zaitun was the Arabic rendering of Tseutung, the former name of a port (now Tsinkiang) in southern China from which satin was exported. Sateen [19] is an alteration of satin, on the model of velveteen.

satin (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French satin (14c.), perhaps from Arabic (atlas) zaytuni, literally "(satin) from Zaitun," a Chinese city, perhaps modern Quanzhou in Fukien province, southern China, a major port in the Middle Ages, with a resident community of European traders. The form of the word perhaps influenced in French by Latin seta "silk." OED finds the Arabic connection etymologically untenable and takes the French word straight from Latin. As an adjective from mid-15c.

1. The final stage of waxing left it with a satin sheen.

最后上完蜡后，它看起来犹如缎子般光滑亮泽。

2. The satin slippers tread daintily through the dewy grass.

缎子拖鞋轻盈地踏过沾着露珠的草地。

3. She had tied back her hair with a peach satin ribbon.

她用一根桃色缎带把头发扎在脑后。

4. a white satin ribbon

白色缎带

5. Gold and green satin brocade drapes hung at the windows.

窗上挂着金碧辉煌的缎子窗帘.