early 15c., "native or resident of Venice," from Medieval Latin Venetianus, from Venetia (see Venice). Also probably in part from Old French Venicien. As a kind of dress cloth, from 1710. As an adjective from 1550s. Venetian blinds so called by 1791.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. It was a Venetian scene, with a perfectly splendid marble palazzo.
這是一幅威尼斯的風(fēng)景畫(huà), 畫(huà)著一座富麗堂皇的大理石宮殿.
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. That day I crossed the Venetian plain.
那天我走過(guò)了威尼西亞平原.
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. The Venetian gondola is as free and graceful in its gliding movement as a serpent.
威尼斯小艇劃起來(lái)就象蟒蛇一樣灑脫自在.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. Emilia . Cassio, my lord , hath kill'd a young Venetian Call'd Roderigo.
愛(ài)米利婭將軍,凱西奧殺死了一個(gè)名叫羅德利哥的威尼斯青年.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. You should call someone over to fix your Venetian blinds.