baguette
/bæˈget/noun
1
- a long, narrow French loaf法国长棍面包。
2
- often as modifier a gem, especially a diamond, cut in a long rectangular shape细长形切磨宝石(尤指钻石):
a baguette diamond.
一颗细长形切磨钻石。
3
- Architecture a small moulding, semicircular in section【建筑】半圆饰。
4
- a slim, rectangular handbag with a short strap长方形短带小手提包。
词源
early 18th cent. (in sense 3): from French, from Italian bacchetto, diminutive of bacchio, from Latin baculum 'staff'. Senses 1 and 2 date from the 20th cent.