bombazine
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbɒm.bə.ziːn/ us/ˌbɑːm.bəˈziːn/
邦巴辛毛葛(由羊毛、丝绸和棉纱织成的厚布料,通常染成黑色,维多利亚时代常被用于吊唁服装)
a thick, usually black, material made from wool mixed with silk or cotton, used especially in the Victorian period for making mourning clothes (= dark clothes worn when someone has died)
The children were all taught by one strict lady, dressed in bombazine from head to toe. 孩子们都由一位严格的女士教导,她从头到脚都穿着邦巴辛毛葛做成的衣服。
The woman wore a thick black bombazine coat. 这名妇女穿着厚厚的黑色邦巴辛毛葛外套。
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- She is dressed in severe fitted bombazine.
- Their beloved skirts of black bombazine they brought from home were ill suited to camp life.
- The two young women both wore deep mourning of crape and bombazine.
- The accompanying music conveys the period atmosphere more subtly than any bombazine and lace.
- How do you go ballistic in a bombazine gown and a mob-cap?