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seersucker的意思
seersucker
英 ['sɪəsʌkə]
美 ['sɪr'sʌkɚ]
- n. [纺] 泡泡纱；绉条纹薄织物
英文词源
- seersucker (n.)
- 1722, from Hindi sirsakar, East Indian corruption of Persian shir o shakkar "striped cloth," literally "milk and sugar," a reference to the alternately smooth and puckered surfaces of the stripes. From Persian shir (cognate with Sanskrit ksiram "milk") + shakar (cognate with Pali sakkhara, Sanskrit sarkara "gravel, grit, sugar;" see sugar (n.)).