intarsia
/ɪnˈtɑːsɪə/noun
mass noun ［often as modifier］
1
- a method of knitting with a number of colours, in which a separate length or ball of yarn is used for each area of colour (as opposed to different yarns being carried at the back of the work)嵌花编织, 提花编织：
an intarsia design.
提花编织图案。
2
- an elaborate form of marquetry using inlays in wood, especially as practised in 15th-century Italy（尤指15世纪意大利的）细木镶嵌。
2.1
- similar inlaid work in stone, metal, or glass石材镶嵌; 金属镶嵌; 玻璃镶嵌。
词源
from Italian intarsio; in sense 2 superseding earlier tarsia （from Italian, 'marquetry'）; the knitting term dates from the mid 19th cent.