velvet
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 天鹅绒
- adj.
- 天鹅绒的
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←中古英语 velvet
- 源自 ←古奥克语 veluet
- 源自 ←通俗拉丁语 *villutittus
- 源自 ←拉丁语 villus “shaggy hair, tuft of hair”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *h₂welh₁-
词源说明
From Middle English velvet, velwet, veluet, from Old Occitan veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of villūtus, from Latin villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with French velours.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
- Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
- (rare, countable) A female chinchilla; a sow.
- (slang, uncountable) The drug dextromethorphan.
- (slang, uncountable) Money acquired by gambling