a type of fine cloth that you can see through, made from silk or nylon, used especially for making clothes 雪纺绸，薄绸，尼龙绸（尤用于制衣） Oxford Collocations DictionaryChiffon is used before these nouns:- scarf
Word Originmid 18th cent. (originally plural, denoting trimmings on a woman's dress): from French, from chiffe ‘rag’.