[with obj.]decorate (a floor) with mosaics 把(地板)镶嵌成棋盘花纹;用小块大理石(或地砖等)铺设(地板) ■(Mathematics)cover (a plane surface) by repeated use of a single shape, without gaps or overlapping (数)镶嵌;嵌装
语源
late 18th cent.: from late Latin tessellat-, from the verb tessellare, from tessella, diminutive of tessera (see tessera)