n. (尤指源自苏格兰织物的)花格图案,方格花纹; (与苏格兰某家族有关的)花格图案; 花格布料; (尤指)苏格兰格呢 tartan的复数
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N-VAR (苏格兰)花格图案,花格织物,格呢 Tartan is a design for cloth traditionally associated with Scotland, and which has a number of distinctive types. The design is made up of lines of different widths and colours crossing each other at right angles. Tartan is also used to refer to cloth which has this pattern.
As Scots don their clan tartans in celebration of national bard Robert Burns this weekend, they may be surprised to learn they will not be the only ones. 在苏格兰人本周末穿上花呢格纹服装,庆祝民族诗人罗伯特•彭斯(RobertBurns)的诞辰之际,他们可能会惊讶地得知,他们不是喜欢这种服装风格的唯一人群。
Many tartans date only from the nineteenth century, but some of the old patterns still exist. 许多花格图案是十九世纪才有的,不过,有些古老的花格图案至今仍保留着。
The MacDonald and Stewart tartans are famous Tartan patterns associated with different Scottish family groups or clans. 麦克唐纳和斯图尔特是与不同苏格兰家族或宗派相联系的有名的方格图案。