long, thin pieces of shiny material like metal, used as decorations, especially at Christmas (尤指圣诞节时装饰用的)光片,金属箔,金属丝 Decorate your table with tinsel and some holly. 用金属丝和冬青装饰你的桌子。
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting fabric either interwoven with metallic thread or spangled): from Old French estincele ‘spark’, or estinceler ‘to sparkle’, based on Latin scintilla ‘a spark’.