| 单词 | texture |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['tekstʃə] |
| 解释 | n.质地;结构 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.质地(identifying quality);结构(overall structure) 【记】 text(编织)+ure 【同】 同根词:textile(纺 织品); pretext(借口) 【例】 the smooth texture of silk(丝织品的光滑质 地) |
| 字源 | texture (n.) early 15c., "network, structure," from Middle French texture and directly from Latin textura "web, texture, structure," from stem of texere "to weave," from PIE root *teks- "to weave, to fabricate, to make; make wicker or wattle framework" (cognates: Sanskrit taksati "he fashions, constructs," taksan "carpenter;" Avestan taša "ax, hatchet," thwaxš- "be busy;" Old Persian taxš- "be active;" Latin tela "web, net, warp of a fabric;" Greek tekton "carpenter," tekhne "art;" Old Church Slavonic tesla "ax, hatchet;" Lithuanian tasau "to carve;" Old Irish tal "cooper's ax;" Old High German dahs, German Dachs "badger," literally "builder;" Hittite taksh- "to join, unite, build"). Meaning "structural character" is recorded from 1650s. Related: Textural. texture (v.) 1888 (implied in textured), "to give a texture to, to make not smooth or plain," from texture (n.). |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】text 文章,texture 文章的structure 组织结构,质地 |
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