embroidery

noun
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪdəri/
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪdəri/
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  1. [uncountable, countable] patterns that are sewn onto cloth using threads of various colours; cloth that is decorated in this way绣花;刺绣图案;刺绣品
    • a beautiful piece of embroidery一件美丽的刺绣品
    • Indian embroideries印度刺绣品
  2. [uncountable] the skill or activity of decorating cloth in this way刺绣技法;刺绣
    Topics Hobbiesc2, Artc2
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enbrouderie, from enbrouder ‘embroider’.