Filigree



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.金银丝做的工艺品
• ［英］ n.金银丝做的工艺品 ( delicate, lacelike ornamental work of intertwined wire of gold, silver, etc.)
• ［记］ fili ( 丝) +gree ( =grain颗粒) -> 由丝和颗粒所组成的 -> 金银丝工艺品
• ［同］ 同根词:filament ( 灯丝, 细丝)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: modification of French filigrane, from Italian filigrana, from Latin filum + granum grain — more at corn
• Date: 1693
• 1. ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces
• 2.
  • a. ornamental openwork of delicate or intricate design
  • b. a pattern or design resembling such openwork <a filigree of frost>
  • c. ornamentation, embellishment <writings…heavy with late Victorian filigree — Jack Beatty>

II. transitive verb (filigreed; filigreeing)

• Date: 1831
• to adorn with or as if with filigree

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