[mass noun]ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery (尤指金、银)细丝饰品 [as modifier]filigree silverwork. 细工银饰。 [count noun]intricate gold filigrees. 工艺复杂的黄金细工饰品。 ■a thing resembling such fine ornamental work 细工饰品般的物件 [as modifier]silver filigree foliage. 细工饰品般的银叶饰。
语源
late 17th cent. (earlier as filigreen, filigrane): from French filigrane, from Italian filigrana (from Latin filum 'thread' + granum 'seed')