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.
双语例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
4. a white satin ribbon
白色缎带
来自《权威词典》
5. Gold and green satin brocade drapes hung at the windows.
