serge: [14] The textile term serge is first cousin to silk. It comes via Old French sarge from *sārica, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin sērica. This was short for lāna sērica, which meant literally ‘wool of the Seres’. Seres was a name given to a people living in what we would now call China, and it is also the ultimate source of the word silk. => silk
serge (n.)
type of strong, twilled fabric used for coats, etc., late 14c., from Old French serge (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *sarica, in Medieval Latin "cloth of wool mixed with silk or linen," from Latin serica (vestis) "silken (garment)," from serica, from Greek serike, fem. of serikos "silken" (see silk). The French word is the source of German sarsche, Danish sarge, etc. Also as a verb. Related: Serger.
雙語例句
1. He wore a blue serge suit.
他穿著一套藍色嗶嘰西服。
來自柯林斯例句
2. a blue serge suit
一套藍色嗶嘰西服
來自《權威詞典》
3. The French were dealt another blow yesterday when Serge Viars withdrew from the squad.
昨天塞爾日·維亞爾退出該隊令法國人又遭遇了一記重擊。
來自柯林斯例句
4. If it had gone, Serge and Nadia wouId have noticed.
如果你已經剃掉你的胡子我一定會注意到的, 不是嗎?
來自電影對白
5. Your eyes - they shine like the pants of a blue serge suit.