英语词汇khaki的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	khaki
词源	khaki. The khaki cloth used for soldiers’ warm-weather uni- forms, which are called khakis, owes its name to its color. Khaki, twilled cloth originally made in India, means “dust-colored or dusty,” deriving from the Persian khak, “earth.”
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