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单词 tapestry
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tapestry
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtæp.ɪ.stri/us
/ˈtæp.ə.stri/
apieceofclothwith apatternorpicturethat iscreatedbysewingorweavingdifferentcolouredthreadsonto aspecialtypeofstrongcloth:
（手织的）花毯；绒绣；织锦
None of theartistshaddesignedtapestries before.
There wererichvasesastallas a man and tapestrieshungfrom theroughstone.
picture of tapestry
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something that is made of many differentparts:
Theinstrumentsblendtogether,weavingtapestries ofsound, while thepaceof themusicchangesconstantly.
They all havecontributedto therichtapestry ofmankind.
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  • Her nextnovelis about a set of tapestrieshangingin the Musee Cluny inParis.
  • In thechaircrouchedthefigureof Vanessa Dersingham,stitchinga tapestry .
  • The endresultmaybestbedescribedas a tapestrywovenoffragments.
  • Werepresentthewoventapestry ofCanadiansociety.
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  • hem
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  • resew
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(Definition oftapestryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
tapestry
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtæp.ɪ.stri/us
/ˈtæp.ə.stri/
apieceofclothwith apatternorpicturethat iscreatedbysewingorweavingdifferentcolouredthreadsonto aspecialtypeofstrongcloth
（手织的）花毯；绒绣；织锦

tapestry| American Dictionary

tapestry
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈtæp·ə·stri/
astrongclothwithcoloredthreadswoveninto it tocreateapictureordesign, usuallyhungon awallor used tocoverfurniture:
[C]Mitchellcreatestapestries thatdepictriverlandscapes.
(Definition oftapestryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftapestry

tapestry
The authors see language acquisition as part of "an eleganttapestryof multiplicity" (p. 87).
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In thistapestryare woven together threads representing pedagogy, assessment, industry requirements and practitioner sophistication.
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The organisation of the essay follows several threads over time - thereby showing the 'tapestry' of forces at play.
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As such it is a brilliant and richly-woventapestry, full of insight and fresh ideas.
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They are simply nonexistent in her book, a total cultural omission leaving a regrettable hole in the socialtapestryshe attempts to weave.
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The influence of entrepreneurs was even stronger in thetapestrysector.
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But these are small blemishes in atapestrythat is both carefully designed and densely woven.
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At some clubs, indeed, the dancers broughttapestrycushions embroidered with their names.
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Why not take thetapestryof networked music to this next level, interconnecting not only people and machines, but entire environments?
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To cover all the issues across atapestryof countries with different cultures and economies as well as different religions is no easy task.
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The 'tapestry' layout of these houses is a play between individual and overall form.
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Culture is an intricatetapestrythat is difficult, if not impossible, to define.
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The background, a huge floraltapestry, is an explosion of colour.
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The book brings together work by fifteen anthropologists, historians and indigenous intellectuals to explore the rich 'tapestryof la ecuatorianidad ' (p. 360).
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They taught me to see the pattern in thetapestryof things in nature, farming and customary rights that had formed the coastal landscape.
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