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- a tuft of loosely hanging threads, cords, or other material knotted at one end and attached for decoration to soft furnishings, clothing, or other items流苏, 穗。
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- the tufted head of some plants, especially a flower head with prominent stamens at the top of a maize stalk（某些植物的）穗（尤指玉蜀黍茎顶部有突出雄蕊的头状花序）。
(tasselled, tasselling; <美> tasseled, tasseling)
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- with obj. [usu. as adj. tasseled] provide with a tassel or tassels用流苏装饰：
tasselled curtains.
带流苏的窗帘。
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- N. Amer.no obj. (of maize or other plants) form tassels〈北美〉（玉米和其他植物）抽穗。
词源
Middle English (also denoting a clasp for a cloak)： from Old French tassel 'clasp'， of unknown origin.