tapestry

タペストリー、壁掛け

絵や模様を織り込んだ厚い布で、普通は壁に掛ける。

やさしい英語で： A thick cloth with pictures or patterns woven into it, usually hung on a wall.

• A tapestry hangs above the fireplace.
• The museum owns several medieval tapestries.
• She wove a tapestry showing birds and flowers.

類義語： wall hanging

よく使う表現： wall tapestry, woven tapestry, medieval tapestry

織りなす世界、多彩な組み合わせ

さまざまなものが豊かに組み合わさり、興味深い全体を作っていること。

やさしい英語で： A rich mixture of many different things that together form an interesting whole.

• The city has a rich tapestry of cultures.
• Her memories form a tapestry of family life.
• The book explores the complex tapestry of human experience.

使い方： a tapestry of something (The festival celebrates a tapestry of local traditions.)

類義語： mixture, mosaic

よく使う表現： rich tapestry, tapestry of life, tapestry of cultures

タペストリーで飾る

絵を織り込んだ布や、それに似た模様で飾る。

やさしい英語で： To decorate something with woven picture cloths, or with patterns that look similar.

• They planned to tapestry the hall.
• Rich cloths tapestried the walls of the room.
• Autumn leaves tapestry the forest floor.

類義語： decorate, adorn

よく使う表現： tapestry the walls, tapestry a room