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tarlatan

/tahr-luh-tn, -tuhn/US // ˈtɑr lə tn, -tən //UK // (ˈtɑːlətən) //

塔拉坦,柏拉坦,柏拉丹,柏拉图

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a thin, plain-weave, open-mesh cotton fabric finished with stiffening agents and sometimes glazed.

Examples

  • The beams rose high above their heads, and a musty smell of tarlatan and muslin and cheese-cloth filled the air.

  • Tarlatan can now be had in hues that almost rival the colours of flowers, but I fear that only the white can be had "fire-proof."

  • There were some pretty girls swimming about in tasteful whip-syllabub of puffed tarlatan.

  • I rather liked myself in my home-made white tarlatan, feeling very much dressed in my first low neck.

  • My white tarlatan and my Second Street silk had grown shabby before the winter was half over.