arrasの意味・使い方・発音

arras

英 ['ærəs] 美

arras: arras: [15] An arras is a tapestry hanging, immortalized by Shakespeare in Hamlet when he conceals Polonius behind one, there to be killed by Hamlet. The word comes from the Anglo-Norman phrase draps d’arras, literally ‘cloth of Arras’: Arras is a city in the Pas-de- Calais, northern France, famous in the Middle Ages as a centre for the manufacture of woollens and tapestry.
arras (n.): "pictured tapestry," late 14c., from Anglo-French draps d'arras, from Arras, city in France where pictured tapestries were made, from Latin Atrebates, name of a tribe of the Belgae who inhabited the Artois region; probably literally "inhabitants," from a Celtic trebu "tribe."

2.She was in high favor at the episcopal palace of Arras .: 彼女はアラス司教教区で尊敬されている。

3.And to shake the tattered arras woven with a silent motto.: と、古ぼけた沈黙の箴言を織り込んだタペストリーを吹き上げる時間。

4.Well，by taking post-horses，Monsieur cannot reach Arras before to-morrow.: では、郵便局の馬を使うと、先生も明日までにアラスに到着することはできません。