muslin: [17] Etymologically, muslin is ‘cloth from Mosul’, a city in Iraq where fine cotton fabric was once made. The Arabic form mūslin was adopted into Italian as mussolino, and made its way into English via French mousseline.
muslin (n.)
c. 1600, "delicately woven cotton fabric," from French mousseline (17c.), from Italian mussolina, from Mussolo, Italian name of Mosul, city in northern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) where muslin was made. Like many fabric names, it has changed meaning over the years, in this case from luxurious to commonplace. In 13c. French, mosulin meant "cloth of silk and gold." The meaning "everyday cotton fabric for shirts, bedding, etc." is first attested 1872 in American English.
雙語例句
1. She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
她用裝飾性的薄紗遮住了臉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Strain the mixture through a double thickness of muslin or cheesecloth.
用雙層平紋細(xì)布或干酪包布過濾混合料。
來自柯林斯例句
3. " That, " answered Scarlett, pointing at the fluffy mass of green flowered muslin.
" 那件, " 思嘉答道, 一面指著那團蓬亂的綠布花.
來自飄（部分）
4. Winston gazed abstractedly through the muslin curtain.
溫斯頓透過薄紗窗簾,心不在焉地盯著窗外.
來自英漢文學(xué)
5. The little creature was daintily decked out in soft, snowy muslin.