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epergne/iˈpɜ:n/n. an ornament (esp. in branched form) for the centre of a dinner-table, holding flowers or fruit (餐桌中央放水果或鲜花用的)饰架(尤指分叉的) [18th c.: perhaps a corruption of French épargne ‘saving, economy’, in the phrase taille or gravure d'épargne, metal or etching in which parts are ‘spared’, i.e. left in relief] |