a type of fine cloth that you can see through, made from silk or nylon, used especially for making clothes Topics Clothes and Fashionc2雪纺绸,薄绸,尼龙绸(尤用于制衣) Oxford Collocations DictionaryChiffon is used before these nouns:- scarf
Word Originmid 18th cent. (originally plural, denoting trimmings on a woman's dress): from French, from chiffe ‘rag’.