1.a rich heavy twilled silk cloth
1.They comprised mostly Levantine Arabs, both Christian and Muslim, who settled in Brooklyn and along Washington Street in lower Manhattan.
他们构成了大多的黎凡特阿拉伯人,既有基督徒也有穆斯林,他们定居于布鲁克林以及沿着华盛顿街的曼哈顿南部地区。
2.that service Moliere rendered, by making so many of his characters talk Levantine and all sorts of dialects.
莫里哀曾使他的许多角色用东方语言和各色各样的方言谈话,也作出了这种贡献。