| 释义 |
shirtless, a.|ˈʃɜːtlɪs|
[f. shirt n. + -less.]
Without a shirt.
a1613Overbury Wife, etc. (1616) G 6, A shirtlesse fellow with a Cudgell vnder his arme. 1728Pope Dunciad iii. 116 Grave Mummers! sleeveless some, and shirtless others. 1830Lamb Let. to Wordsw. Lett. 1837 II. 260, I would live in London shirtless, bookless. 1962J. F. Powers Morte d'Urban 218 Some shirtless youths in an old car rolled up from behind him. 1971Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 16 July 36/1 It had been a long slog up, shirtless, sweating, rucksacks bumping.
transf.1874Hardy Far from Madding Crowd xxii, Away the simple [shorn] dam leaps, panting, over the board into the shirtless flock outside.
Hence ˈshirtlessness.
1829Westm. Rev. X. 371 A timely recollection of the saying might have rescued Augustus from the ridicule of shirtlessness. |