arras的词源

英文词源

arras

arras: [15] An arras is a tapestry hanging, immortalized by Shakespeare in Hamlet when he conceals Polonius behind one, there to be killed by Hamlet. The word comes from the Anglo-Norman phrase draps d’arras, literally ‘cloth of Arras’: Arras is a city in the Pas-de- Calais, northern France, famous in the Middle Ages as a centre for the manufacture of woollens and tapestry.

arras (n.)

"pictured tapestry," late 14c., from Anglo-French draps d'arras, from Arras, city in France where pictured tapestries were made, from Latin Atrebates, name of a tribe of the Belgae who inhabited the Artois region; probably literally "inhabitants," from a Celtic trebu "tribe."

中文词源

arras：挂毯，花毯

Arras原为法国一城市名，中世纪时该地物质和文化十分丰富，以挂毯业著称，故15世纪以后arras在英语被用以指“挂毯”或“花毯”。

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arras（挂毯）：盛产精美挂毯的法国城市阿拉斯

Arras（阿拉斯）是法国北部的一座历史悠久的城市，法国加来海峡省的省会。古罗马时期，阿拉斯曾经是重要的罗马兵营。阿拉斯早在四世纪就有羊毛工业，但在中世纪才真正得以展开。1180年，法国国王特许阿拉斯经商。十四世纪时，纺织和羊毛工业蓬勃发展，阿拉斯所生产的织有精美图案的挂毯声名远播，以至它的地名变成了“挂毯”的代名词，在英语中被称为arras，在意大利语中被称为arrazzi。

arras：['ærəs] n.挂毯，壁毯，阿拉斯