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carcanet

/kahr-kuh-net, -nit/US // ˈkɑr kəˌnɛt, -nɪt //UK // (ˈkɑːkəˌnɛt, -nɪt) //

卡纳特,卡耐基网,卡耐特,卡内基网

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a woman's ornamental circlet for the hair, often of gold decorated with jewels or pearls.

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Examples

  • Over his clustering hair he wore a carcanet of diamonds, surmounted by the precious plumage of the bird of Paradise.

  • Carcanet, the diminutive of carcan, a chain;—it means a necklace.

  • And sodaynly caught hir by the hayre of the head, and in steade of a Carcanet placed a roape about her necke.

  • Nowadays they have restored the carcanet and kept the rivière as well, both terms being in common use.

  • Each one wore an iron carcanet, and the crowd was never weary of coming to gaze at them.