a tassel on/at sth
作名词时表示“流苏、缨”,是可数名词;常用 on 或 at 说明流苏所在的位置。
There is a red tassel on the corner of the cushion.
靠垫的一角上有一条红色流苏。
球形流苏:由编织或缠绕的线束组成,一端伸出悬挂用的绳,另一端可能有松散下垂的线,常用于服装、窗帘等底部的装饰。;流苏:由一端系住的一束绳线制成的装饰物。;玉米的雄花序(圆锥花序),由带有花药的松散花丝组成。;辫子末端的松散头发。;缝在书上、夹在书页间的窄丝带或类似物(书签带)。
a decoration made of a bunch of cords or threads tied together at one end
球形流苏:由编织或缠绕的线束组成,一端伸出悬挂用的绳,另一端可能有松散下垂的线,常用于服装、窗帘等底部的装饰。
A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).
流苏:由一端系住的一束绳线制成的装饰物。
adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end
玉米的雄花序(圆锥花序),由带有花药的松散花丝组成。
The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.
辫子末端的松散头发。
The loose hairs at the end of a braid.
缝在书上、夹在书页间的窄丝带或类似物(书签带)。
A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewn to a book to be put between the pages.
一种铺在墙上的木板,作为垫板,为地板梁端提供水平表面。
A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers.
一种用于整理布料的刺果;起绒草。
A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
主教手套背面的薄金片。
A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.
The curtain tiebacks were decorated with gold tassels.
窗帘的系带上装饰着金色流苏。
用法提示:tassels 是名词 tassel 的复数形式,指窗帘系带上的流苏装饰。
She bought a scarf with a small tassel at each end.
她买了一条两端各带一小簇流苏的围巾。
用法提示:tassel 是可数名词,指围巾末端的穗状装饰。
He pulled the tassel to turn on the reading lamp.
他拉了拉流苏,打开阅读灯。
用法提示:tassel 作名词,指台灯拉绳末端的流苏手柄。
作名词时表示“流苏、缨”,是可数名词;常用 on 或 at 说明流苏所在的位置。
There is a red tassel on the corner of the cushion.
靠垫的一角上有一条红色流苏。
作及物动词时表示“给……装流苏”,宾语是被装饰的物品,用 with 引出所用材料。
She tasselled the scarf with yellow silk.
她用黄色丝线给围巾装上流苏。
作不及物动词时指玉米等作物长出穗状花序,主语为植物,不用于被动语态。
The corn is tasseling this week.
玉米这周正在抽穗。
fringe是沿边成排的垂线,类似许多小tassel构成的边缘装饰;用于窗帘、披肩等,而tassel多指单个悬挂的线簇,替换时须注意单/复数及位置。
tuft指一簇毛发、草或纤维,不专指装饰,也不一定有打结或垂坠;说a tuft of threads可描写tassel,但tuft本身不强调装饰效果。
grammar · medium
易错句子The curtain has many tassel.
正确表达The curtain has many tassels.
tassel 是可数名词,表示多个流苏时要用复数形式 tassels;many 后接可数名词复数。
grammar · medium
易错句子The scarf is tassel.
正确表达The scarf is tasseled.
tassel 是名词,不能直接作表语形容词;表示“有流苏的”状态时,应用过去分词 tasseled 作形容词。
tassel 指扎成一束并下垂的流苏或缨,是装饰品;tinsel 指细条状的闪光金属箔,多作闪亮饰物。二者拼写和读音相近,注意所指物品不同。
tassel 是单独一束垂下的流苏;fringe 是沿布边或帘边连续排列的一排流苏或毛边。修饰对象和形态不同。
tassel 是人为编扎、下垂的穗状装饰;tuft 是自然聚生的一簇毛发、草或纤维,不一定经过编扎,也不是装饰品。
毕业帽流苏
She adjusted her graduation tassel before the ceremony.
仪式前她整理了一下毕业帽上的流苏。
流苏耳环
He bought her a pair of silver tassel earrings.
他给她买了一对银质流苏耳环。
玉米天花(雄穗)
The corn tassel sheds pollen that falls onto the silks.
玉米天花散落花粉,落到玉米须上。
流苏饰边
The cushion covers were decorated with tassel trimming.
靠垫套饰有流苏花边。
流苏乐福鞋
He wore black tassel loafers to the interview.
他穿着黑色流苏乐福鞋去参加面试。
译文:我们会把流苏留着。出自美国歌手 Vitamin C 的毕业歌曲《Graduation (Friends Forever)》,流苏是学位帽上的装饰,毕业时拨动流苏象征完成学业;这句歌词表达毕业后仍保留这份青春回忆。
At the end of the ceremony, everyone moved their tassels to the left.
典礼结束时,大家把流苏拨到左边。
译文:这流苏值得那份辛苦。这是美国毕业季常见口号,利用 tassel(流苏)与 hassle(麻烦、辛苦)押韵,表示奋斗的汗水换来了毕业的荣耀。
After four years of hard work, she smiled and said, "The tassel was worth the hassle."
经过四年的努力,她笑着说:“这流苏值得那份辛苦。”
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.