| 释义 |
Levi's, Levis orig. U.S.|ˈliːvaɪz|
Also (in attrib. use) Levi, Levies, and with small initial.
[f. name of the original Amer. manufacturer, Levi Strauss.]
A type of (orig. blue) denim jeans or bibless overalls, with rivets to reinforce stress-points, patented and produced as working clothes in the 1860s, and adopted as a fashion garment in the 20th century.
The form Levi's is a proprietary term in the U.S.
1926R. Santee Men & Horses 125 My Levis was brand-new. 1928Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 18 Sept. 519/1 Levi's ..for Overalls. 1934Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 10 Mar. 132/1 The cowboy's..overalls are called ‘Levi's’ from the name of Levi Straus, of San Francisco, the pioneer overalls manufacturer of the West. 1935N.Y. Herald-Tribune 28 Apr. xi. 13/2 Old timers advise the prospective dude rancher to..buy in the West a pair of Levi overalls. Ibid. 13/3 Levi's, or copper riveted, blue denim riding pants, have been found to be excellent. 1941Yankee Dec. 39/1 Red-flannel underwear, Peavey axes, copper-riveted Levi's, etc. 1944Life 15 May 66/2 Blue jeans (‘levis’) or corduroys, rolled at the bottom, are worn by almost all boys. 1950Time 27 Feb. 88 When dude ranches became popular in the '30s, Haas introduced ‘Levis for Ladies’. 1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 212/2 Levies, work pants of extra heavy denim, having pockets attached with rivets. Originally worn by ranchers, lumbermen, and industrial workers... Also overalls, especially the bibless type. 1957J. Kerouac On Road (1958) iii. vi. 217 Dean was wearing washed-out tight levis and a T-shirt. Ibid. iv. iii. 266 Stan was wearing a levi outfit, jacket and all. 1961Sunday Express 2 Apr. 14/6 The big rush this summer will be:—for parchment-coloured American Levi jeans. 1970Guardian 15 Oct. 11 Whatever social stigma might have been attached to wearing a pair of blue jeans could hardly have been held to apply to ‘white Levi's’. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon vii. 100, I can always see her in my mind's eye—bare footed, clad in a pair of old Levis and a simple sweater worn outside her trousers. 1973E. Bullins Theme is Blackness 59 Her sandy hair is tied by a bandanna and the blue Levis are faded dull. |