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tattersall的意思
tattersall
英 ['tætəs(ə)l; -sɔːl]
- n. 塔特萨尔花格呢；浅底深色方格图案
- adj. 有浅底深色方格图案的
- n. (Tattersall)人名；(英)塔特索尔
英文词源
- tattersall (n.)
- fabric with small and even check pattern, 1891, so called because it was similar to the traditional design of horse blankets, in reference to Tattersall's, a famous London horse market and gambler's rendezvous, founded 1766 by Richard Tattersall (1724-1795). The surname is from the place in Lincolnshire, which is said to represent "Tathere's nook," "probably in the sense 'nook of dry ground in marsh'." [Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names]
双语例句
- 1. He knows his Tattersall's better than his Greek Testament.
- 他不爱功课专爱赛马.
来自辞典例句