tweed
/twiːd/noun
mass noun
1- a rough-surfaced woollen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colours, originally produced in Scotland(原产于苏格兰的)粗花呢:
as modifier a tweed sports jacket.粗花呢运动茄克。
1.1
tweeds
clothes made of this material粗花呢衣服:boisterous Englishwomen in tweeds.
身着粗花呢衣, 喧闹的英国妇女。
词源
mid 19th cent.: originally a misreading of tweel, Scots form of TWILL, influenced by association with the river Tweed.