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Raffia is a soft, flat fibre from the leaves of a raffia palm. It feels a bit like dry string or ribbon-grass, and people weave it into baskets, hats, and mats, or use it to tie up plants in the garden. Craft shops sell it in bunches, often a yellow-tan colour. It is an ordinary making-things word. Though actually, the palm is from , and English took the name from Malagasy; you do not need that history to buy a roll of it.
拉菲草
組成From Malagasy rafia or rofia.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
raffianoun/ˈɹæfiə/
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A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of raffia palm trees (genus Raphia).
- He was pressed against the canes and raffia of which this old house was built.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。