tapestry

noun
🔊/ˈtæpəstri/
🔊/ˈtæpəstri/
[countable, uncountable]
(plural tapestries)
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  1. a picture or pattern that is made by weaving coloured wool onto heavy cloth; the art of doing this壁毯;挂毯;织锦;绣帷
    • medieval tapestries中世纪的壁毯
    • tapestry cushions织锦沙发靠垫
    • crafts such as embroidery and tapestry诸如刺绣和织锦之类的手工艺
    Topics Hobbiesc2, Artc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTapestry is used before these nouns:
    • needle
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French tapisserie, from tapissier ‘tapestry worker’ or tapisser ‘to carpet’, from tapis ‘carpet, tapis’.