frill

frill
noun
  1. a strip of gathered or pleated material sewn by one side on to a garment or larger piece of material as a decorative edging or ornament
    (服装等的)褶边;荷叶边;饰边
    ■a thing resembling such a strip in appearance or function
    类似褶边的东西
    a frill of silver hair surrounded a shining bald pate.
    一圈银发围绕着一个亮光光的秃头。
    ■a natural fringe of feathers or hair on a bird or other animal
    (鸟或其他动物的)缘羽,缘毛
    ■(Palaeontology)an upward-curving bony plate extending behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
    (古生物)(延伸在角龙亚目恐龙头骨后的)向上弯曲的骨板,骨皱,骨褶
    ■(一般作 frills)(figurative)an unnecessary extra feature or embellishment
    (喻)不必添加的特色;无用的装饰,虚饰
    it was just a comfortable flat with no frills.
    那只是一套舒适简洁公寓。
派生
frilled
adjective
frillery
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from or related to Flemish frul
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