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sequin

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes & fashion
se·quin /ˈsiːkwɪn/ noun [countable]  DCa small shiny flat piece of metal, sewn onto clothes for decoration 〔装饰衣服用的〕闪光金属小圆片sequined, sequinned adjective
Examples from the Corpus
sequinBlood and Uzis more than samba and sequins are their trademark today.Red satin shines and sequins glitter as Mitzi Gaynor dances across the screen.Mildred Fender was in sequins with large feather earrings and a ten-gallon hat.He came on, walking in the same direction as Rachaela, the dilute snow sparkling in his hat like sequins.The sunlight glimmered off these blades and when the sea breeze swept through they rippled like sequins on a party dress.Collect together sequins, tiny glass beads, tiny shells, bits of lace and braid and ribbon.But in their sport, they have to do it while wearing sequins, nose clips and smiling.She even tarted up the buckle with sequins and pinned feathers in her battered hat.
Origin sequin (1500-1600) French Italian zecchino, from zecca place where coins are made, from Arabic sikka coin
se·quin nounChineseSyllable
for Corpus piece metal, shiny sewn a onto flat clothes of small


sequin
sequin /ˈsiːkwən, ˈsiːkwɪn/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: French
 Origin: Italian zecchino, from zecca 'place where coins are made', from Arabic sikka 'coin'
a small shiny flat piece of metal, sewn onto clothes for decoration
—sequined, sequinned adjective


se·quinBrE /ˈsiːkwɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsiːkwɪn/ 🔊 nouna small round shiny disc sewn onto clothing as decoration (装饰衣服的)闪光小圆片 se·quinned (NAmE se·quined) BrE /ˈsiːkwɪnd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsiːkwɪnd/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] (BrE)