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語源

From Javanese bathik.

発音

• IPA: /bəˈtiːk/
• 韻: -iːk

名詞

batik (countable and uncountable, plural batiks)

1. A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
   • 1928, Nella Larsen, “14”, in Quicksand, page 162:

     There were batik dresses in which mingled indigo, orange, green, vermilion, and black; dresses of velvet and chiffon in screaming colors, blood-red, sulphur-yellow, sea-green; and one black and white thing in striking combination.

   • 2018 February 13, Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater, Grove Press, →ISBN:

     Look at her, whirling around the compound wearing batik shorts and a cotton shirt, her long black hair braided into two arcs fastened with colored bands, her teeth gleaming and one slipper broken.

派生語

動詞

batik (third-person singular simple present batiks, present participle batiking, simple past and past participle batiked)

1. To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.