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A tassel is a bunch of threads tied together tightly at the top, so that the loose ends hang down in a soft bundle. You hang it on something as a decoration.
A tassel is a bunch of threads tied together tightly at the toptassel是一束線，在頂端緊緊綁在一起 so that the loose ends hang down in a soft bundle讓鬆開的另一端軟軟地垂下來成一束 You hang it on something as a decoration你把它掛在東西上當裝飾
You see tassels on the corners of cushions, on the pull-cords of curtains and blinds, on the edge of a rug or a shawl, on the belt of a , on bookmarks, and on the hats people wear at graduation — that little hanging thread on the flat cap is a tassel, and at some schools you move it from one side to the other when you graduate. In Taiwan you also see them on temple lanterns and on Chinese knots. So the picture is always the same: threads, tied at one end, hanging free at the other.
You see tassels on the corners of cushions你會在抱枕的角落看到tassel on the pull-cords of curtains and blinds在窗簾、百葉窗的拉繩上 on the edge of a rug or a shawl在地毯或披肩的邊緣 on the belt of a bathrobe在浴袍的腰帶上 on bookmarks在書籤上 and on the hats people wear at graduation還有在畢業時戴的那頂帽子上 that little hanging thread on the flat cap is a tassel那頂方帽上垂下來的那一小束線就是tassel and at some schools you move it from one side to the other when you graduate有些學校畢業的時候你要把它從一邊撥到另一邊 In Taiwan you also see them on temple lanterns and on Chinese knots在台灣你也會在廟裡的燈籠和中國結上看到它們 So the picture is always the same所以畫面永遠是一樣的 threads, tied at one end, hanging free at the other線，一端綁著，另一端鬆鬆地垂下來
A tassel is not the same as a fringe. A fringe is a whole row of loose threads running along an edge; a tassel is one separate bundle hanging by itself, though a fringe can be made of many small tassels in a row.
A tassel is not the same as a fringetassel跟fringe（穗邊）不一樣 A fringe is a whole row of loose threads running along an edgefringe是沿著邊緣一整排鬆開的線 a tassel is one separate bundle hanging by itself而tassel是單獨垂掛的一束 though a fringe can be made of many small tassels in a row不過一整排的fringe也可以是由很多個小tassel排成的
The word is also a verb, though you will meet it much less: to tassel something is to put tassels on it.
The word is also a verb, though you will meet it much less這個字也可以當動詞，只是你比較少遇到 to tassel something is to put tassels on itto tassel something就是在某樣東西上加上流蘇
And there is one special use — when corn () grows, the flower part at the very top of the plant is called the tassel, and farmers say the corn is tasselling. That is a real farming word, not a poetic one.
And there is one special use還有一個特別的用法 when corn (maize) grows, the feathery flower part at the very top of the plant is called the tassel玉米在生長的時候，植株最頂端那個羽毛狀的花，就叫做tassel and farmers say the corn is tasselling農夫會說這株玉米正在tasselling（抽穗） That is a real farming word, not a poetic one這是個真正的農業用語，不是詩意的說法
組成From Old French tassel, from Latin tāxillus, 'a small cube' — the little dice-shaped thing, related to tālus, 'ankle bone' (ankle bones were used as dice). The meaning drifted a long way: from a small square fastening on a cloak to the hanging bunch of threads we mean today.
原始詞典資料10 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。
tasselnoun詞源 1/ˈtæsəl/
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A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).
- The Giant's boots were of pink leather and had tassels on them and his hat was decorated with an enormous pink ostrich feather, carefully curled.
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biologybotanynatural-sciencesThe panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.
- The plant world is very busy and helpful when it seems to be playing. The tall, plumy tassels at the tops of corn stalks, swing much as you do under the maple tree. But those tassels are so loaded with pollen that you can often see a brown dust hovering over a corn field. As the wind blows the tassels, the pollen is shaken down in clouds.
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The loose hairs at the end of a braid.
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A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewn to a book to be put between the pages.
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architectureA piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers.
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A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
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A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.
tasselverb詞源 1/ˈtæsəl/
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To adorn with tassels.
- […] gauzes of silver mist; Loop’d up with cords of twisted wreathed light, And tassell’d round with weeping meteors!
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biologybotanynatural-sciencesTo put forth a tassel or flower.
- Maize is a crop that tassels.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。