arras是什么意思

arras

英 ['ærəs] 美

arras: 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.
arras (n.): "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."

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.

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.

4. Well, by taking post - horses, Monsieur cannot reach Arras before to - morrow.: 那么, 用邮局的马的话, 先生也不能在明天以前到达阿拉斯.