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yashmak

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Islam
yash·mak /ˈjæʃmæk/ noun [countable]  RRIa piece of cloth that Muslim women wear across their faces in public 〔女穆斯林在公共场合戴的〕面纱
Examples from the Corpus
yashmakAnd she liked the idea of a yashmak so that no one would see anything but her eyes.This is all she can give me, in her surgical yashmak.
Origin yashmak (1800-1900) Turkish yasmak
yash·mak nounChineseSyllable
Corpus across women piece wear that of cloth a Muslim


yashmak
yashmak /ˈjæʃmæk/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Turkish
 Origin: yasmak
a piece of cloth that Muslim women wear across their faces in public


yash·makBrE /ˈjæʃmæk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈjæʃmæk/ 🔊 nouna piece of cloth covering most of the face, worn by some Muslim women (穆斯林妇女戴的)面纱