a tuft of loosely hanging threads, cords, or other material knotted at one end and attached for decoration to soft furnishings, clothing, or other items 流苏,穗 ■the tufted head of some plants, especially a flower head with prominent stamens at the top of a maize stalk (某些植物的)穗(尤指玉蜀黍茎顶部有突出雄蕊的头状花序)
(tasselled, tasselling; 美 tasseled, tasseling)
[withobj.][usu. as adj. tasseled]provide with a tassel or tassels 用流苏装饰 tasselled curtains. 带流苏的窗帘。
(N. Amer.)[no obj.](of maize or other plants) form tassels (北美)(玉米和其他植物)抽穗
语源
Middle English (also denoting a clasp for a cloak): from Old French tassel 'clasp', of unknown origin
tassel2 (亦作 torsel) noun
a small piece of stone or wood supporting the end of a beam or joist 承梁木,承梁石
语源
mid 17th cent.: from obsolete French, from Latin taxillus 'small die'