chintz

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

chintz /tʃɪnts/ noun [uncountable] TIMsmooth cotton cloth that is printed with a flowery pattern and is used for making curtains, furniture covers etc 〔做窗帘或家具套等用的〕印花棉布 pink chintz curtains 粉红色印花棉布窗帘

Examples from the Corpus

chintz• a chintz sofa• The waiters are still standing attentively amongst the mahogany and chintz.• She sat in the floral chintz chair next to his and drank her juice.• So many hotels resemble each other, with fashionable limed wood furniture, chintz fabrics and marble bathrooms.• With this she picked up a large chintz pillow and struck me.• The sitting room had shabby chintz furniture, and faded curtains in the long window alcove.• In fact, it seems that this chintz was the product of a relationship rather than a society.Origin chintz (1600-1700) chints, plural of chint “chintz” ((1600-1700)), from Hindi

chintz nounChinese

with is printed Corpus a cloth smooth that cotton

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chintz /tʃɪnts/