Word · Frequency #23623
sequins
亮片
sequins is the plural of sequin.
a small shiny disk used to decorate clothing
- 1.
A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.
用于装饰华丽服装的闪光亮片。
用于装饰华丽服装的闪光亮片。；装饰衣服用的金属或塑料小圆片
In use
She sewed a silver sequin onto her dress for the party.
The costume sparkled because it was covered in tiny blue sequins.
The sequins on her jacket caught the light as she walked past.
sequins on [clothing]
表示衣物上有亮片时，sequin 常用复数，介词用 on。
There were sequins on her dress.
她的连衣裙上有亮片。
be covered with sequins
描述衣物上装饰了许多亮片时，可用 be covered with sequins。
The jacket was covered with sequins.
这件夹克上镶满了亮片。
sew sequins onto [clothing]
sew...onto 表示把亮片逐一缝到衣物表面，强调动作的对象和结果。
She sewed sequins onto the costume.
她把亮片缝在戏服上。
Common mistakes
The costume was covered with colorful sequin.The costume was covered with colorful sequins.
sequin 是可数名词，表示多颗亮片时要用复数形式 sequins；汉语没有复数标记，所以容易漏掉 -s。
The dress is sequin.The dress is sequined.
sequin 是名词，不能直接放在 be 动词后作表语形容词；要表示“镶有亮片的”，要用其过去分词形式 sequined（或 sequinned）作形容词。
Connections
Collocations
- sequin dress
- 亮片连衣裙
- She wore a sequin dress to the party.她穿了一条亮片连衣裙去参加派对。
- sequin top
- 亮片上衣
- The sequin top was too flashy for the office.这件亮片上衣穿去办公室太花哨了。
- gold sequins
- 金色亮片
- The costume was covered in gold sequins.这套演出服上缀满了金色亮片。
- sew on a sequin
- 缝上一片亮片
- I need to sew on a sequin that fell off.我需要把掉下来的亮片缝回去。
- sparkle with sequins
- 因亮片而闪闪发光
- Her jacket sparkled with sequins under the lights.在灯光下，她的夹克衫上的亮片闪闪发光。
- sequin fabric
Learner notes
Memory Tip
音近 "see queen"（看见女王），想象女王礼服上闪闪发亮的小圆片，即亮片。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：服装设计与缝纫、时尚穿搭描述、装饰材料购物 sequin 是普通可数名词，通常指缝在衣服上的闪光小圆片，语气中性，不限于正式或非正式场合，比较常见于时尚、服装制作和手工装饰描述中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 /ˈsiːkwɪn/ 完全押韵的常用词很少；本组词主要比较拼写或局部音。sequence 与 sequin 共享 'sequ' 的 /siːkw/；penguin 的尾音 /ɡwɪn/ 与 /kwɪn/ 只差首辅音；mannequin 的 'quin' 读 /kɪn/，不是 /kwɪn/，注意勿混淆。queen、quiz、quite 都含 /kw/，但后面元音不同（/iː/、/ɪ/、/aɪ/），不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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