serge: [14] The textile term serge is first cousin to silk. It comes via Old French sarge from *sārica, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin sērica. This was short for lāna sērica, which meant literally ‘wool of the Seres’. Seres was a name given to a people living in what we would now call China, and it is also the ultimate source of the word silk. => silk
serge (n.)
type of strong, twilled fabric used for coats, etc., late 14c., from Old French serge (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *sarica, in Medieval Latin "cloth of wool mixed with silk or linen," from Latin serica (vestis) "silken (garment)," from serica, from Greek serike, fem. of serikos "silken" (see silk). The French word is the source of German sarsche, Danish sarge, etc. Also as a verb. Related: Serger.
例文
1. He wore a blue serge suit.
彼は青いサージのスーツを着ている。
2.a blue serge suit
ブルーサージスーツ
3.The French were dealt another blow yesterday when Serge Viars withdrew from the squad.昨日セルジュ?ヴィアールがチームを脱退してフランス人をまた強打した。
4.If it had gone, Serge and Nadia wouId have noticed.
あなたがひげを剃ったら私はきっと気づくのではないでしょうか。
5.Your eyes-they shine like the pants of a blue serge suit.