chintz
chintz 英 [tʃɪnts] 美 [tʃɪnts]
n. 印花棉布（等于chints） adj. 擦光印花布的
名词复数:chintzs
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- n. 印花棉布（等于chints）
- adj. 擦光印花布的
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1. That evening, after Mr. Jackson had taken himself away, and the ladies had retired to their chintz- curtained bedroom, Newland Archer mounted thoughtfully to his own study.
这天晚上，杰克逊先生离开之后，两位女士回到她们挂着印花布窗帘的卧室，纽兰·阿切尔沉思着上楼进了自己的书房。
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2. On christmas night, a dozen girls piled onto the bed which was the dress circle, and sat before the blue and yellow chintz curtains in a most flattering state of expectancy.
圣诞之夜，十二个女孩子挤在花楼--一张床—-的上头，坐在黄蓝二色混合的磨光印花帘幕前面，翘首以盼，焦急地等着看戏。
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3. April 13. - An extraordinary coincidence: Carrie had called in a woman to make some chintz covers for our drawing-room chairs and sofa to prevent the sun fading the green rep of the furniture.
天大的巧合：Carrie找来了一个女人用一些印花棉布铺在客厅的椅子和沙发上，以防家具以阳光曝晒而褪色。
- chintz (n.) "cotton cloth printed with flowers or other colorful patterns," 1719, plural of chint (1610s), from Hindi chint, from Sanskrit chitra-s "clear, bright" (compare cheetah). The plural (the more common form of the word in commercial use) came to be regarded as singular by late 18c., and for unknown reason shifted -s to -z; perhaps after quartz. Disparaging sense, from the commonness of the fabric, is first suggested by 1851 (in George Eliot's use of chintzy).
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