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A turban is a long strip of cloth wound tightly round the head, again and again, until it forms a firm covering. It is not a hat you put on and take off in one movement — it is tied fresh, and doing it well takes practice.
A turbanturban is a long strip of cloth wound tightly round the head是一長條布，一圈又一圈緊緊纏繞在頭上, again and again, until it forms a firm covering直到形成一個牢固的頭部覆蓋物. It is not a hat you put on and take off in one movement它不是那種一個動作就能戴上、脫下的帽子 — it is tied fresh它是每次重新纏的, and doing it well takes practice要纏得好需要練習。
Men wear turbans in parts of South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and for some groups the meaning is religious rather than practical: men in particular wear one as a required part of their faith, which is worth knowing because it means a turban is not simply clothing you can ask someone to remove. Elsewhere it is also practical — cloth wound over the head keeps off desert sun and blowing sand.
Men wear turbans in parts of South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa南亞、中東和北非部分地區的男性會戴turban, and for some groups the meaning is religious rather than practical對某些族群來說，這帶有宗教意義而不只是實用考量: Sikh men in particular wear one as a required part of their faith尤其是錫克教男性，把它當作信仰要求的一部分, which is worth knowing because it means a turban is not simply clothing you can ask someone to remove這點值得知道，因為這代表turban不是那種可以隨口叫人拿下來的衣物. Elsewhere it is also practical在其他地方，它也有實用功能 — cloth wound over the head keeps off desert sun and blowing sand用布纏頭可以擋沙漠的太陽和風沙。
Women wear a turban too: sometimes traditionally, sometimes as fashion, and sometimes to cover the head during illness or hair loss.
Women wear a turban too女性也會戴turban: sometimes traditionally有時是傳統習俗, sometimes as fashion有時是流行時尚, and sometimes to cover the head during illness or hair loss有時則是生病或掉髮時用來遮住頭部。
There is also a verb 'turban' meaning to wrap something turban-style, but it is rare and you will hardly ever need it; the ordinary way to say it is 'wear a turban'.
There is also a verb 'turban' meaning to wrap something turban-style也有動詞'turban'，意思是把東西纏成turban的樣子, but it is rare and you will hardly ever need it但很少見，你幾乎用不到; the ordinary way to say it is 'wear a turban'一般的說法是'wear a turban'。
組成Came into English through French and Italian from Ottoman Turkish tülbent, itself from Persian dulband. Interestingly, that same Persian word also gave us 'tulip' — people thought the flower looked like a wound turban.
同家族的字
- tulipfrom the same Persian word dulband; the flower was named for its turban-like shape
原始詞典資料5 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。
turbannoun/ˈtɜːbən/
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businessclothingfashionA man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
- Me thinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turban, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, els he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; […]
- From India and the golden Cherſoneſs, / And utmoſt Indian Iſle Taprobane, / Dusk faces vvith vvhite ſilken Turbants vvreath'd: […]
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A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.
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The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.
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A towel wrapped around long wet hair in a manner resembling a turban.
- Towel hair wraps come in a mixture of materials, from microfibre to polyester, while satin and silk are the go-to materials for sleep turbans.
- While there are certainly other towel turbans on the market, this one has women scratching their heads in confusion and asking: 'How does it work so well?'
turbanverb/ˈtɜːbən/
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To cover (a person's head) with a turban.
- While the law did not specifically target Sikhs, turbaned Sikh schoolchildren attending state schools were severely affected
- When we arrived to the shop the man in charge told the staff to turban our heads.
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。