a type of thick heavy cloth with a raised pattern made especially from gold or silver silk thread 织锦缎;(尤指用金银线织出凸纹的)厚织物 brocade curtains 锦缎窗帘 rich velvets and brocades 浓郁的天鹅绒和锦缎
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese brocado (influenced by French brocart), from Italian broccato, from brocco ‘twisted thread’.