單詞
petticoat
英 ['pet?k??t]
美['p?t?kot]
基本信息
- n. 襯裙；裙子
- adj. 女性的
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?petticoats;
中文詞源
petticoat 小襯裙
來自petty,小的，coat,外套。引申詞義小襯裙。
英文詞源
- petticoat (n.)
- early 15c., pety coote, literally "a small coat," from petty + coat (n.). Originally a padded coat worn by men under armor, applied mid-15c. to a garment worn by women and young children. By 1590s, the typical feminine garment, hence a symbol of female sex or character.
Men declare that the petticoatless female has unsexed herself and has left her modesty behind. ["Godey's Magazine," April 1896]
雙語例句
- 1. That frock shows your petticoat.
- 那件上衣太短,讓你的襯裙露出來了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. I have to wear a petticoat under this skirt to prevent it from riding up when I move.
- 我必須在裙子里面加一條襯裙,以防走動時裙子往上縮.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I'll buy Mammy some red taffeta and have an elegant petticoat made. "
- 我就給嬤嬤買塊紅府綢,讓她做一條漂亮裙子吧.
來自飄（部分）
- 4. He made my husband take my best petticoat to muffle the oars.
- 他叫我丈夫把我最好的一條襯裙拿去包船槳.
來自辭典例句
- 5. She gnawed furiously, tore with both hands and the petticoat lay in strips in her hands.
- 她一次又一次使勁咬呀, 雙手撕扯呀,結(jié)果襯裙變成了一堆布條擺在眼前.
來自飄（部分）
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