英:[ˈdɔɪli]
美:['dɔɪlɪ]
英:[ˈdɔɪli]
美:['dɔɪlɪ]
复数:doilies
"小巧的装饰餐巾",1714年,缩写自 doily-napkin(1711),源自 doily "薄的羊毛织物"; 据说来自于 Doiley,一位著名的17世纪末18世纪初伦敦斯特兰德干货商的姓氏。早期 Doily 的意思是"优雅的、价格合理的羊毛织物"(1670年代),显然来自于同一来源。这个姓氏是 d'Ouilly,来自于诺曼底的几个叫做 Ouilly 的地方之一。
Doily or Doyley flourished1711 London draper
The first known use of doily was in 1711
doilynoun
a small napkin
a small often decorative cloth or paper used to protect the surface of furniture
1 My own mother is an admirer of Victoriana, but the sight of lace doilies and chintz gives me hives.
2 She's offered numerous comforts by other puppet creatures — i.e., a "doily cure."
3 When he gets the job offer he’s been hoping for, he puts a doily on her head and dances her around the kitchen.
4 No matter how up-to-date “Eligible” might be, anachronisms lie around the story like lace doilies at McDonald’s.
5 One unknown visitor even deposited a doily and a jar of oolong tea, to which the public is invited to help themselves.
6 They wore white shirts and little round doilies on their heads.
7 Stacks of dishes, lace doilies, old lighting fixtures and wooden crates are everywhere.
8 Seat assignments for dinner were presented with custom doilies, while glasses of champagne came with bows tied around them on top.
9 But there’s nothing old-fashioned about a few heartfelt lines written out on a piece of paper — doily optional.
10 The fabric is often used for a quilt, bed linen, or doily .
的往往是一个被子,床用织物亚麻布,或垫。
11 The first model wore an enormous glazed straw hat in the conical shape of the trulli, and there were basket weave corsets and lingerie sets collaged from crochet doilies.
12 Lourdes lines the display cases with paper doilies and organizes the croissants and coffee rings.
13 “But I can crochet a doily and I can knit a sock.”
14 We can barely cram in all their things—the red velvet furniture and lamps and clothes and kitchen utensils and crocheted doilies.
15 It’s February, time for those candy hearts, doilies and advertisements for diamonds.
16 Picking up a mask, glass piece, or lace doily as a memento of your trip is a great way of capturing the essence of Venice for years to come.
17 I had looked closely at the elaborate motifs of her tablecloths and doilies and had tried to draw them on lined notebook paper or on flattened grocery bags.
18 Make sure your cake stand is at least 12 inches wide, and place a paper doily (or parchment paper circle) in the center of the stand to use as a guide for building the layers.
19 Humans are fond of weaving narratives like doilies around gaping holes, so that the holes won’t scare them.
20 The back of her head was resting on a white embroidered doily.