frill 音标拼音: [fr'ɪl]
n . 衣饰上的皱边,皱边纸饰
vi . 起边皱
vt . 折成皱边
衣饰上的皱边,皱边纸饰起边皱折成皱边
frill n 1 : (
paleontology )
a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs 2 :
an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal [
synonym : {
frill }, {
ruff }]
3 :
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim [
synonym : {
frill }, {
flounce }, {
ruffle }, {
furbelow }]
4 :
ornamental objects of no great value [
synonym : {
folderal },
{
falderol }, {
frill }, {
gimcrackery }, {
gimcrack }, {
nonsense },
{
trumpery }]
frill \
frill \ (
fr [
i ^]
l ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
frilled }
(
fr [
i ^]
ld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
frilling }.] [
OF .
friller ,
fr .
L .
frigidulus somewhat cold ,
dim .
of frigidus cold ;
akin to F .
frileux chilly .]
1 .
To shake or shiver as with cold ;
as ,
the hawk frills .
--
Johnson .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Photog .)
To wrinkle ; --
said of the gelatin film .
[
1913 Webster ]
Frill \
Frill \,
v .
t .
To provide or decorate with a frill or frills ;
to turn back .
in crimped plaits ;
as ,
to frill a cap .
[
1913 Webster ]
Frill \
Frill \,
n . [
See {
Frill },
v .
i .]. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A ruffing of a bird '
s feathers from cold .
(
b )
A ruffle ,
consisting of a fold of membrane ,
of hairs ,
or of feathers ,
around the neck of an animal .
See {
Frilled lizard } (
below ).
(
c )
A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals .
(
d )
A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other ,
usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Hence :
Something superfluous ,
such as an ornament ,
or an additional function on a device or in a system not essential to the basic operation . --
Commonly used in the phrase no frills ,
used adjectively to indicate a fully functional but economical device or service ;
as ,
an economical no -
frills airline .
[
PJC ]
144 Moby Thesaurus words for "
frill ":
addition ,
adornment ,
amenity ,
beading ,
beauties ,
bedizenment ,
binding ,
bonus ,
bordering ,
bordure ,
bravery ,
chiffon ,
clinquant ,
colors ,
colors of rhetoric ,
crease ,
creasing ,
crimp ,
crisp ,
decoration ,
dog -
ear ,
double ,
double over ,
doubling ,
duplication ,
duplication of effort ,
duplicature ,
edging ,
elegant variation ,
embellishment ,
embroidery ,
enfold ,
expletive ,
extra ,
extra added attraction ,
extra dash ,
extravagance ,
fat ,
featherbedding ,
festoons ,
figure ,
figure of speech ,
filigree ,
filling ,
fillip ,
fimbria ,
fimbriation ,
fine writing ,
finery ,
flection ,
flexure ,
floridity ,
floridness ,
flounce ,
flourish ,
floweriness ,
flowers of speech ,
flute ,
fold ,
fold over ,
folderol ,
foofaraw ,
frilliness ,
frilling ,
frills ,
frills and furbelows ,
fringe ,
frippery ,
froufrou ,
furbelow ,
fuss ,
gaiety ,
galloon ,
gather ,
gaudery ,
gewgaw ,
gilding ,
gilt ,
gingerbread ,
hem ,
infold ,
interfold ,
jazz ,
lagniappe ,
lap over ,
lapel ,
lappet ,
list ,
lushness ,
luxuriance ,
luxury ,
motif ,
needlessness ,
ornament ,
ornamentation ,
ostentation ,
overadornment ,
overlap ,
padding ,
paste ,
payroll padding ,
pinchbeck ,
plait ,
plat ,
pleat ,
pleonasm ,
plica ,
plicate ,
plication ,
plicature ,
ply ,
premium ,
prolixity ,
purple patches ,
quill ,
redundance ,
redundancy ,
ruche ,
ruching ,
ruff ,
ruffle ,
selvage ,
showiness ,
skirting ,
something extra ,
stuffing ,
superaddition ,
superfluity ,
superfluousness ,
tautology ,
tinsel ,
trappings ,
trickery ,
trimming ,
trumpery ,
tuck ,
turn over ,
twill ,
twist ,
unnecessariness ,
valance ,
verbosity ,
welt ,
wrinkle
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