filigree
/ˈfɪlɪgriː/(亦作filagree)
noun
mass noun
1- ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery(通常指金、银的)细工饰品:
as modifier filigree silverwork细工银器
count noun intricate gold filigrees.工艺复杂的黄金细工饰品
1.1
- a thing resembling such fine ornamental work细工饰品般的物件:
as modifier silver filigree foliage.细工饰品般的银叶饰。
词源
late 17th cent. (earlier as filigreen, filigrane): from French filigrane, from Italian filigrana (from Latin filum 'thread' + granum 'seed').