| 释义 |
ˈoilskin
Cloth made waterproof by being treated with oil; a piece, or garment, of such cloth; = oilcloth 1 a.
1816J. Scott Paris Revis. (ed. 3) 327 They proceeded to untie the oil-skins from the locks of their rifles. 1828Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. (1863) 97 A large package..covered with oilskin. 1884Clark Russell Jack's Courtship xxviii. II. 225 There were two men at the wheel in yellow oilskins.
b. Often attrib. (made of oilskin); also in Comb.
1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr., Tale Drury Lane 97 The belt and oil-skin hat he wore. 1842Dickens Amer. Notes ii. (1850) 10/1 Clad in a suit of shaggy blue, with an oilskin hat. 1891A. Welcker Woolly West 71 Listeners, in yellow oil skin suits and damp and steaming overcoats..crowded about the red-hot stove.
Hence ˈoilskinned |-skɪnd| a., dressed in oilskin.
1857C. Kingsley Two Yrs. Ago I. iii. 80 Oil-skinned coast-guardsmen. 1897Century Mag. Sept. 777/1 They lay..oilskinned and sea-booted. |