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.
双语例句
1. He wore a blue serge suit.
他穿着一套蓝色哔叽西服。
来自柯林斯例句
2. a blue serge suit
一套蓝色哔叽西服
来自《权威词典》
3. The French were dealt another blow yesterday when Serge Viars withdrew from the squad.
昨天塞尔日·维亚尔退出该队令法国人又遭遇了一记重击。
来自柯林斯例句
4. If it had gone, Serge and Nadia wouId have noticed.
如果你已经剃掉你的胡子我一定会注意到的, 不是吗?
来自电影对白
5. Your eyes - they shine like the pants of a blue serge suit.
