讹误词,来自苏格兰语 tweel,来自 twill 的苏格兰语发音。可能是受苏格兰河流 River Tweed 影响而产生该错误,另一方面该河流恰巧又流经苏格兰纺织工业区。
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The tip is to match the tweed to the occasion .
关键在于把粗花呢跟场合搭配起来。
After all , if society is about to collapse , a huge swathe of tweed in which to envelop yourself and your survivalist supply of canned food or superannuated euros will be more useful than something tight and tailored .
An englishman would have called it tweed , originally a misreading of tweel , the scots form of twill . Either way , the check was loud , and rarely matched his tie .
Another contingent is formed by young , successful men and women whose style and theology are conservative : believers in " salvation by tweed alone " , as one clerical wag dubs them .
Now we are headed to nice , where we will be part of a pop-up in a shop dedicated to american designers , and will sell a pre-fall collection of tracy 's tweed and lace / brocade dresses .