单词 | hipless |
释义 | hiplessadj. Lacking, or apparently lacking, hips; not having prominent hips; esp. (of a person) having a boyishly slender figure. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > side > [adjective] > hip > having no hipless1834 unhipped1847 1834 W. Hay tr. Semonides of Amorgos in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 712 Hipless, and shapeless as a plank, they wend; Necks stiff and short, and never meant to bend. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 25 June 10/1 You won't get efficient motherhood from these hipless, rushing women. 1914 Metropolitan Sept. 24/2 His big muscular shoulders stood out on a well-knit, hipless figure. 1933 Follies Winter 18 The hipless girls of yesterday have passed out with petticoats and petting parties. 1978 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 1 May A python which glides, sinuous and hipless, up arms and shoulders and heads. 2011 N.Y. Mag. 22 Aug. 54/3 A more ideal version of the impossibly hipless and curveless women the fashion industry fetishizes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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