arras: [15] An arras is a tapestry hanging, immortalized by Shakespeare in Hamlet when he conceals Polonius behind one, there to be killed by Hamlet. The word comes from the Anglo-Norman phrase draps d’arras, literally ‘cloth of Arras’: Arras is a city in the Pas-de- Calais, northern France, famous in the Middle Ages as a centre for the manufacture of woollens and tapestry.
"pictured tapestry," late 14c., from Anglo-French draps d'arras, from Arras, city in France where pictured tapestries were made, from Latin Atrebates, name of a tribe of the Belgae who inhabited the Artois region; probably literally "inhabitants," from a Celtic trebu "tribe."
双语例句
1. We drove, unimpeded by anyone, to Arras.
我们一路畅行至阿拉斯。
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2. She was in high favor at the episcopal palace of Arras.
她在阿拉斯主教教区里很受人尊敬.
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3. And to shake the tattered arras woven with a silent motto.
和吹起破旧的织有沉默箴言的挂毯的时间.
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4. Well, by taking post - horses, Monsieur cannot reach Arras before to - morrow.
