"kind of fine flexible leather," 1630s, earlier maroquin (16c.), via French; ultimately from Morocco, the country in northwest Africa, where the tanned leather first was made.
country in northwest Africa, from Italian, from Berber Marrakesh (properly the name of the city of Marrakesh), from Arabic Maghrib-al-Aqsa "Extreme West." Compare French Maroc, German Marokko. In English, the first vowel has been altered, apparently by influence of Moor. Related: Moroccan.
双语例句
1. We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco.
我们多少有点心血来潮,决定航海去摩洛哥。
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2. Morocco's capital, until independence, was badly overcrowded.
摩洛哥的首都在独立前一直都拥挤不堪。
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3. In Morocco, trachoma has almost been completely cured in children.