Filigree

(noun.) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire).

(verb.) make filigree, as with a precious metal.

编辑:沃尔夫冈

• There should be a little filigree about a woman--something of the coquette. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The muzzle was eaten by the rust of centuries into a ragged filigree-work, like the end of a burnt-out stove-pipe. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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