denim
英 ['den?m]
美 ['d?n?m]
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1. 又被音譯為“丹寧布，丁尼布”，俗稱牛仔布。是一種較粗厚的色織經面斜紋棉布，專門用來制作牛仔褲，經紗顏色深，一般為靛藍色，緯紗顏色淺，一般為淺灰或煮練后的本白紗。又稱靛藍勞動布。始于美國西部，放牧人員用以制作衣褲而得名。
2. 牛仔布本來只有藍色，最初只是用來當帆布用，但現時已有多種不同的顏色，可用來配襯不同的衣飾。
3. 牛仔布的英文名Denim源自法國的Nimes(尼姆市)，所以當地生產的布被稱為de Nim，即是“來自Nimes的”。de 在法語中是“of”的意思，所以其意思是“of Nimes”.
在五百多年前，意大利的航海家哥倫布發現了新大陸。當時航海的船只用的帆，是由一種非常堅韌而實用的粗糙布料做成。這種粗糙布料原產于法國一個小鎮NIMES，所以就以法文取名 “Serge De Nimes”，而后被人們簡稱為DENIM。
而在三百六十年后，一位在美國的猶太商人Levi Strausss把一種織料粗糙的帆布引入美國，因而締造了牛仔褲歷史性的一頁，同時也建立了一個牛仔文化的神話王國。
中文詞源
denim 牛仔布來自法語serge de Nimes，因產自法國Nimes而得名。參照damask.
英文詞源
- denim
- denim: [17] The name of the fabric from which jeans are made had its origins in a sort of serge produced in the southern French town of N?mes. The French naturally enough called it serge de N?mes, but the original meaning of this soon became lost when English borrowed it as serge de Nim, and the last two words came to be run together as denim.
- denim (n.)
- 1690s, from French serge de N?mes "serge from N?mes," town in southern France. Application to "coarse cotton cloth" is first recorded 1850 in American English. Denims "pants made of denim" recorded from 1868. The place name is Roman Nemausus, said to be ultimately from Gaulish nemo "sanctuary."
雙語例句
- 1. He has on a denim shirt with a T-shirt underneath.
- 他穿了一件牛仔襯衫,里面套了件T恤.
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Jeans, the all-purpose denim trousers, have been around for over a hundred years.
- 牛仔褲，這種適合各種用途的斜紋粗棉布褲子，已經有一百多年歷史了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Dennis was dressed in denim jeans.
- 丹尼斯穿了一條勞動布牛仔褲。
來自辭典例句
- 4. She wore pale blue denim shorts and a white denim work shirt.
- 她穿著一條淡藍色的斜紋粗棉布短褲,一件白粗布工作服上衣.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Will denim jeans ever go out of date?
- 粗布牛仔褲會過時 嗎 ?
來自辭典例句