sequin

英 ['si?kw?n] 美['sikw?n]

暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?sequins;形容詞:?sequinned;

sequin 古威尼斯金幣，閃光小金屬圓片

來自法語 sequin,來自意大利語 zecchino,一種威尼斯金幣，-ino,小詞后綴，來自 zecca,鑄幣，來自阿拉伯語 sikkah,制幣模具。后引申詞義閃光小金屬圓片，因其金光閃閃而得名。

sequin: sequin: [17] When English first adopted sequin, it was the name of a coin. Its ultimate ancestor was Arabic sikkah, which denoted a die from which coins were minted (in Anglo-Indian English from the 17th to the 19th century, a sicca was a newly minted rupee). Italian took the word over as zecca, and created a diminutive form zecchino, referring to a gold coin.

The original application was specifically to a Venetian coin, but this subsequently broadened out, and the term was also used for a Turkish coin (alternatively known as a sultanin). In French, zecchino became sequin, which is the form in which English acquired it. The word might well have followed the coin into oblivion, but in the late 19th century it managed to get itself applied to the small round shiny pieces of metal applied to clothing, and its continued existence was guaranteed.
sequin (n.): 1610s, name of a former Italian and Turkish gold coin, from French sequin (17c.), from Italian zecchino, name of a Venetian coin, from zecca "a mint," from Arabic sikkah "a minting die." Meaning "ornamental disc or spangle" is first recorded 1882, from resemblance to a gold coin. Related: Sequined (1890).

1. Her dress is covered in sequin which twinkles as she moves.: 她的連衣裙上鑲著小光片,身體一動就閃閃發(fā)光.

3. Sequin Garments, Dress, Packaging Materials, Speciality, Fashion and Garment Accessories.: 采購產(chǎn)品亮片服裝, 禮服, 包裝材料, 專業(yè), 時裝設(shè)計和服裝配件.