名词

1. The walls of the banqueting hall were hung with tapestries.
宴会厅的墙上挂着绣帷。

1. 绣帷：全世界最有名的地毯是波斯地毯(Persian rug)和天津地毯(Tientsin rug). 又挂在牆上的称绣帷(tapestry),用羊毛或丝,加上金银线编织而成,均有华丽的图案,作装饰用.

1. 挂毯;壁毯;织锦;花毯
A tapestry is a large piece of heavy cloth with a picture sewn on it using coloured threads.

e.g. The seats of the chairs had been recovered in tapestry...
椅座上又铺回了花毯。
e.g. He sat on a tapestry cushion next to the hearth...
他坐在壁炉边上的一块绣花软垫上。

2. 各式各样的人(或物)
You can refer to something as a tapestry when it is made up of many varied types of people or things.

e.g. Hedgerows and meadows are thick with a tapestry of wild flowers.
灌木树篱和草地中开满了五彩缤纷的野花。
e.g. ...Chicago's political tapestry.
芝加哥政坛的丰富多彩

noun

1. a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs

Synonym: arras

2. a heavy textile with a woven design
used for curtains and upholstery

Synonym: tapis

3. something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs

e.g. the tapestry of European history