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单词 fundoshi
释义

fundoshin.

Brit. /fʊnˈdɒʃi/, /fʊnˈdəʊʃi/, U.S. /fʊnˈdoʊʃi/, /fʊnˈdɑʃi/
Inflections: Plural unchanged.
Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese fundoshi.
Etymology: < Japanese fundoshi (1512 as fudoushi; 1603 as fundoxi in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam), of uncertain origin.In quot. 1874 via French.
A traditional Japanese undergarment for men, typically consisting of a length of fabric wound around the hips and between the legs.
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1874 Lady Herbert tr. J. A. von Hübner Ramble round World I. ii. iv. 404 The men, entirely naked, saving the fundoshi [Fr. le fundoshi] or strip of linen round the loins, are lying on the floor, smoking their pipes.
1935 Evening Herald (Provo, Utah) 1 Aug. 5/5 Team-mates of the American swimming team wore the native fundoshi instead of their own swimming suits..at Meiji shrine pool today.
1974 Toronto Star 14 Dec. f13/2 A Japanese businessman at the Bali Beach Hotel removed the semi-opaque garment his people wear for sleep and..revealed a fundoshi.
1981 R. Shea Shike i. xiii. 116 Now the condemned men, wearing only fundoshi, loincloths, were marched out of the prison.
2017 V. Williams Celebrating Life Customs around World I. 110 Although..superseded by Western-style undergarments fundoshi are still worn at festivals and sometimes as swimwear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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