fustian
GRE,1
英['fʌstɪən]
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n.（通常为暗色的）厚粗棉布，粗斜纹布；夸夸其谈；纬起绒织物
日语:ファスト的な
法语:futaine
德语:Barchent
韩语:푸스티안
俄语:fustán
牛津词典
noun
- 纬起绒布（旧时用作衣料）
a thick strong cotton cloth with a slightly rough surface, used in the past for making clothes
- 浮夸的言语
language that sounds impressive but does not mean much
网络解释
adj. 浮夸的；用纬起毛织物的
n. 浮夸的话；棉麻粗布
词形变化
双语例句
- Nothing that belongs to Homer seems to have been more commonly mistaken than the just pitch of his style: some of his translators having swelled into fustian in a proud confidence of the sublime;
对于荷马来说，其最遭人误解之处莫过适当的风格高度：有些译者一味盲信其无处不崇高，而致使译文浮夸失真；
语源
Middle English: from Old French fustaigne, from medieval Latin fustaneum, from (pannus) fustaneuscloth from Fostat, a suburb of Cairo; sense 2 perhaps from the fact that fustian was sometimes used to cover pillows and cushions, implying that the language was ‘padded’; compare with bombast