| 词汇 | blue jeans |
| 词源 | blue jeans. In the late 16th century the cotton cloth used to make jeans was called Genoa fustian after Genoa, Italy, where it was first woven. Genoa was shortened to Gene and then Jean by Englishmen, fustian was dropped, and the men’s work pants made from the material were called blue jeans for their color— all this centuries before they reached their present popularity. |
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