tapestry

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tap·es·try /ˈtæpəstri/ noun (plural tapestries) [countableC, uncountableU]

1 DHa large piece of heavy cloth on which coloured threads are woven to produce a picture, pattern etc 挂毯，壁毯

a colourful tapestry depicting a hunting scene

描绘狩猎场面的彩色壁毯

2 something that is made up of many different people and things 丰富多彩的画面

This was all new to her – part of life’s rich tapestry.

这是七彩生活的一部分——一切对她来说是那么新奇。

Examples from the Corpus

tapestry• She had no idea there was a tapestry plaque made by the parishioners.• In the craft workshop there's the opportunity to enjoy painting and drawing, basketwork and tapestry.• Displays include Eyemouth tapestry, history of Berwickshire fanning and fishing, and the wheelhouse of a modern fishing boat.• The room was flooded with a soft illumination, cleverly directed at the Gobelin tapestries that lined one wall.• He is like a hero in one of his tapestries, on an epic journey of artistic discovery.• What wouldn't burn still remained: bare walls muffled with incongruous tapestries, flooring tamped over with carpets.• Lucy laughed: Jay thought of medieval tapestries and silver hunting horns.• Surely Miss Dersingham's tapestry had shown the arms in a lozenge?

Origin tapestry

(1300-1400) Old French tapisserie, from tapis “carpet”, from Greek tapes

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TOEFL BNC: 10140 COCA: 10311

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