[mass noun]a rough-surfaced woollen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colours, originally produced in Scotland (原产于苏格兰的)粗花呢 [as modifier]a tweed sports jacket. 粗花呢运动茄克。 ■(tweeds)clothes made of this material 粗花呢衣服 boisterous Englishwomen in tweeds. 身着粗花呢衣,喧闹的英国妇女。
语源
mid 19th cent.: originally a misreading of tweel, Scots form of twill, influenced by association with the river Tweed