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词汇 bombazine
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Definition of bombazine in English:

bombazine

nounˈbɒmbəziːnˈbɑmbəzin
mass noun
  • A twilled dress fabric of worsted and silk or cotton, especially a black kind formerly used for mourning clothes.

    邦巴辛毛葛(用精纺毛纱、丝绸或棉布制成,尤指以前用来制作悼念服装的黑色毛葛)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Leaning against the steel railing that surrounded the stairwell stood four men, dressed in green bombazine jumpsuits.
    • He remembers his first governess, Miss Arkell, a grey-haired lady with traces of beard upon her large flat face and a black dress of what he calls bombasine.
    • Confusingly, the original source of the word was the Greek bombux, ‘silkworm ‘, from which we also get bombazine.’
    • The group's leading products include natural silk, hemp, pure cotton, hemp cotton, bombasine, staple rayon, down-proof flannelette, mixed spinning cloth etc.
    • This visitor, dressed in a black bombazine gown and closely veiled, was a familiar sight on the streets of St. Louis, as she took the air daily in her light carriage.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting raw cotton): from French bombasin, from medieval Latin bombacinum, from bombycinum, neuter of bombycinus 'silken', based on Greek bombux 'silkworm'.

Definition of bombazine in US English:

bombazine

nounˈbämbəzēnˈbɑmbəzin
  • A twilled dress fabric of worsted and silk or cotton.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Leaning against the steel railing that surrounded the stairwell stood four men, dressed in green bombazine jumpsuits.
    • The group's leading products include natural silk, hemp, pure cotton, hemp cotton, bombasine, staple rayon, down-proof flannelette, mixed spinning cloth etc.
    • This visitor, dressed in a black bombazine gown and closely veiled, was a familiar sight on the streets of St. Louis, as she took the air daily in her light carriage.
    • Confusingly, the original source of the word was the Greek bombux, ‘silkworm ‘, from which we also get bombazine.’
    • He remembers his first governess, Miss Arkell, a grey-haired lady with traces of beard upon her large flat face and a black dress of what he calls bombasine.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting raw cotton): from French bombasin, from medieval Latin bombacinum, from bombycinum, neuter of bombycinus ‘silken’, based on Greek bombux ‘silkworm’.

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