Velveteen is a cloth made to look like velvet but woven from cotton, with a shorter, denser, less shiny surface — and a much smaller price. Real velvet was traditionally silk; velveteen was how ordinary families got the look. It has no stretch, unlike velour.

Velveteen棉絨 is a cloth made to look like velvet是一種做得像絲絨的布 but woven from cotton不過是用棉織的, with a shorter, denser, less shiny surface表面比較短、比較密、也比較不亮 — and a much smaller price而且價格便宜很多 Real velvet真正的絲絨 was traditionally silk傳統上是絲做的; velveteen棉絨 was how ordinary families got the look是一般家庭取得那種質感的方式 It它 has no stretch沒有彈性, unlike velour不像velour那樣

You meet it most in children's clothes, in soft toys, in old-fashioned jackets and in curtains, and it has a slightly homely, nineteenth-century feeling. For most English readers the word arrives attached to one book: The Velveteen Rabbit, a famous 1922 children's story about a toy rabbit that becomes real because a child loves it — so the word can quietly carry ideas of childhood, worn toys, and something humble that turns out to matter.

You你 meet it most在...最常遇到它 in children's clothes, in soft toys, in old-fashioned jackets and in curtains童裝、絨毛玩具、老式夾克和窗簾, and it而它 has a slightly homely, nineteenth-century feeling帶點居家、十九世紀的味道 For most English readers對大多數英文讀者來說, the word這個字 arrives attached to one book都跟一本書綁在一起: The Velveteen Rabbit《絨毛兔》, a famous 1922 children's story一本1922年著名的童書 about a toy rabbit that becomes real because a child loves it講一隻因為被孩子疼愛而變成真兔子的玩具兔 — so the word所以這個字 can quietly carry ideas of childhood, worn toys, and something humble that turns out to matter會悄悄帶著童年、用舊的玩具，以及卑微的東西最後變得重要這些意象

It is a fairly rare word in everyday speech now; you are more likely to read it than hear it. Uncountable as a noun, and common in front of another noun: a velveteen jacket.

It它 is a fairly rare word現在算是個相當少見的詞 in everyday speech now在日常口語裡; you你 are more likely to read it than hear it比較可能讀到它而不是聽到它 Uncountable當不可數名詞 as a noun, and也常 common in front of another noun放在另一個名詞前面: a velveteen jacket一件velveteen夾克