| 释义 |
white-ˈcollared, a.
[-ed2.]
1. Wearing a white collar; also fig.
1932H. G. Wells Work, Wealth & Happiness of Mankind vii. 237 The black-coated, white-collared clerk. 1947J. Mulgan Report on Experience 18 Ten millions of the rest, bowler-hatted, white-collared, moved in monotonous rhythm. 1951D. Glover Sings Harry 41 It's plain hard hazardous work To work with the white-collared wave.
2. = white collar a. a.
1933Sun (Baltimore) 14 Apr. 4/6 Hands blistered and backs sore from hard physical labor, so-called ‘white-collared men’ of West Virginia are calling for more and yet more work. 1947Hist. ‘The Times’ III. v. 117 That public was the great and growing, vigorous ‘white-collared’ lower-middle class. 1959,1967[see blue-collared adj. s.v. blue a. 13]. 1977M. Green Children of Sun (rev. ed.) x. 460 Lucky Jim..described a new class on the British scene, the white-collared proletariat, trained technicians but not educated gentlemen. |