denim: [17] The name of the fabric from which jeans are made had its origins in a sort of serge produced in the southern French town of Nîmes. The French naturally enough called it serge de Nîmes, but the original meaning of this soon became lost when English borrowed it as serge de Nim, and the last two words came to be run together as denim.
denim (n.)
1690s, from French serge de Nîmes "serge from Nîmes," town in southern France. Application to "coarse cotton cloth" is first recorded 1850 in American English. Denims "pants made of denim" recorded from 1868. The place name is Roman Nemausus, said to be ultimately from Gaulish nemo "sanctuary."
实用例句
1. He has on a denim shirt with a T-shirt underneath.
他穿了一件牛仔衬衫,里面套了件T恤.
来自柯林斯例句
2. Jeans, the all-purpose denim trousers, have been around for over a hundred years.
牛仔裤，这种适合各种用途的斜纹粗棉布裤子，已经有一百多年历史了。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Dennis was dressed in denim jeans.
丹尼斯穿了一条劳动布牛仔裤。
来自辞典例句
4. She wore pale blue denim shorts and a white denim work shirt.
