texture

英 ['tekst??] 美['t?kst??]

GRECET6TEM4IELTS考研TOEFL中低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?textures;

texture 紋理，質地

text-,紡織，編織，-ure,名詞后綴。引申詞義結構，后用于指紋理，質地等。

texture (n.): early 15c., "network, structure," from Middle French texture and directly from Latin textura "web, texture, structure," from stem of texere "to weave," from PIE root *teks- "to weave, to fabricate, to make; make wicker or wattle framework" (cognates: Sanskrit taksati "he fashions, constructs," taksan "carpenter;" Avestan ta?a "ax, hatchet," thwax?- "be busy;" Old Persian tax?- "be active;" Latin tela "web, net, warp of a fabric;" Greek tekton "carpenter," tekhne "art;" Old Church Slavonic tesla "ax, hatchet;" Lithuanian tasau "to carve;" Old Irish tal "cooper's ax;" Old High German dahs, German Dachs "badger," literally "builder;" Hittite taksh- "to join, unite, build"). Meaning "structural character" is recorded from 1650s. Related: Textural.
texture (v.): 1888 (implied in textured), "to give a texture to, to make not smooth or plain," from texture (n.).

1. Each brick also varies slightly in tone, texture and size.: 每塊磚在色調、質地與大小上也都略有不同。

3. Traditional cheesemaking skills give our brie its soft, supple, creamy texture.: 用傳統干酪制作技術制成的布里干酪柔軟，不易裂開，而且口感細滑。

4. This cheese has an open, crumbly texture with a strong flavour.: 這種奶酪多孔松脆，風味濃郁。