English Dictionary

doily

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɔɪli/

名詞

ユダヤ教 廃用

A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.

日本語の意味

花瓶や鉢などの硬い物で机やテーブル、または食器類に傷がつくのを防ぐため、または装飾目的で使用される、小型の装飾用レース、リネン、または紙製の布切れ。

She placed a crocheted doily under the vase to protect the table from scratches.

彼女は花瓶の下に、テーブルを傷から守るためにかぎ針編みの小さなレースの敷物を敷いた。

意味（1）

A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.

She looked polite, and observed the oiled floors, hard-wood staircase, unused fireplace with tiles which resembled brown linoleum, cut-glass vases standing upon doilies, and the barred, shut, forbidding unit bookcases that were half filled with swashbuckler novels and unread-looking sets of Dickens, Kipling, O. Henry, and Elbert Hubbard.

意味（2）

(Judaism) A similar circular piece of lace worn as a head-covering by some Jewish women.

意味（3）

(obsolete) An old kind of woollen material.

doilies （ plural ）