turban
/ˈtɜːbən/noun
1
- a man's headdress, consisting of a long length of cotton or silk wound round a cap or the head, worn especially by Muslims and Sikhs(穆斯林和锡克人的)包头巾。
2
- (亦作turban shell)a marine mollusc with a sculptured spiral shell and a distinctive operculum which is smooth on the inside and sculptured and typically patterned on the outside蝾螺。
2.1
- Family Turbinidae, class Gastropoda: Turbo and other genera.蝾螺科, 腹足纲:蝾螺属及其他属。
派生词
turbaned
(亦作turbanned)adjective词源
mid 16th cent.: via French from Turkish tülbent, from Persian dulband. Compare with TULIP.