filigree: [17] Etymologically, filigree describes very accurately how filigree was originally made: it was delicate ornamental work constructed from threads (Latin filum) and beads (Latin grānum ‘grain, seed’). The Italian descendants of these two Latin words were combined to form filigrana, which passed into English via French as filigrane. This gradually metamorphosed through filigreen to filigree. => file, grain
filigree (n.)
1690s, shortening of filigreen (1660s), from French filigrane "filigree" (17c.), from Italian filigrana, from Latin filum "thread, wire" (see file (v.1)) + granum "grain" (see corn (n.1)). Related: Filigreed.
实用例句
1. The filigree, presumably by virtue of these fields, completely alters the structure of the granulation.
大概是由于这些磁场的作用, 精细网络完全改变了米粒组织的结构.
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2. The blue sandstone face contrast the stainless steel filigree and case.
蓝色沙岩表面与不锈钢花边和表壳对比感强烈.
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3. Mithril filigree has a slightly reduced range that it gives skillups.
秘银细丝现在能提升的技能等级下降.
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4. The frost made a beautiful filigree on the window pane.
