filigree

/ˈfɪlɪɡriː/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfɪlɪɡriː/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfi-lə-ˌgrē/ (ame, mw)

filigree — 名詞

1. jewellery or small decorative objects shaped from very thin twisted threads of g

1.名詞C2
釋義

金銀絲飾品

以金銀細絲扭成的精緻飾品

jewellery or small decorative objects shaped from very thin twisted threads of gold or silver, often forming tiny loops and curls that look almost like lace.

例句

Kian bought his grandmother a silver filigree brooch from a small shop in Lisbon.

Kian 在里斯本一家小店買了一件銀絲花飾胸針送祖母。

noun phrase: silver/gold filigree + jewellery item

The earrings were covered in delicate filigree that caught the light at every angle.

這對耳環上佈滿了細緻的金銀絲花，每個角度都會反光。

collocation: delicate filigree

同義詞
  • openwork

    broader term covering any pattern with cut-out spaces, not limited to wire

  • lacework

    any lace-like decoration; informally used of fine wire too

用法筆記

Usually uncountable when describing the craft or material; the pieces themselves are called 'a piece of filigree' or named by the object (a filigree ring, a filigree brooch).

常見錯誤

❌She wore three filigrees on her wrist.
✅She wore three pieces of filigree on her wrist.
💡filigree is uncountable for the material; count by the object it decorates.

2. any decorative design with small open spaces and curling lines that looks like t

2.名詞C2
釋義

鏤空花紋

形似金銀絲的鏤空裝飾圖案

any decorative design with small open spaces and curling lines that looks like the wire pattern of traditional filigree — for example, carved wood panels, iron gates, or icing on a cake.

例句

Adisa traced the wooden filigree carved into the temple doors with one finger.

Adisa 用手指撫過寺廟大門上雕刻的木質鏤空花紋。

collocation: wooden/stone/iron filigree

Frost had spread across the window in a fine white filigree by morning.

到了早上，霜在窗上結成一片細白的鏤空花紋。

figurative use: frost/leaf/shadow as filigree

同義詞
  • tracery

    specifically the stone openwork in Gothic church windows

  • fretwork

    openwork pattern cut from wood or metal sheets

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this sense covers any open patterned decoration that looks like filigree work, even when no metal wire is involved. The material is usually named (wooden filigree, sugar filigree, stone filigree).

filigree — 動詞