a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving coloured weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or soft furnishing 挂毯 ■(figurative)used in reference to an intricate or complex sequence of events (喻)复杂的一连串的事件 the loopiness of the Commons adds to life's rich tapestry. 下院议员们的愚笨使已经错综复杂的生活更加扑朔迷离。
派生 tapestried adjective 语源
late Middle English: from Old French tapisserie, from tapissier 'tapestry worker' or tapisser 'to carpet', from tapis 'carpet, tapis'