单词 | kid glove |
释义 | kid gloven. 1. A glove made of kid-skin, lambskin, or other similar leather. with kid gloves, in a gentle, delicate, or gingerly manner. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > types of > made of specific material kid-skin glove1645 chicken glove1762 kid glove1832 Berlin1836 string glove1949 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > types of > made of specific material > gloves buckskin1481 shiverines1598 chevrona1670 kid1682 Limerick glove1782 gant de suede1832 kid glove1832 Limerick1834 owl-catchers1879 Swedish glove1885 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > with caution [phrase] with kid gloves1888 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster II. xiv. 192 A new pair of grey kid gloves. 1834 W. Hull Hist. Glove Trade 69 Men and women's fine gloves, or those that pass in the shops under the denomination of kid-gloves, but which are really made from lamb-skins..dressed at Yeovil. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lviii. 410 The Americans who think that European politics are worked, to use the common phrase, ‘with kid gloves’. 2. attributive as adj. Characterized by wearing kid gloves; dainty or delicate in action or operation; avoiding real exertion or everyday work; free from roughness or harshness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adjective] > specifically of persons refined1598 polite1601 inlanda1616 researched1636 spirituel1673 elegant1691 kid-gloved1848 kid glove1856 fine-drawn1876 rose water1883 sophisticated1895 subtle1904 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adjective] > that avoids or shuns > avoiding duty, work, or exertion kid glove1856 malingering1862 scrimshanking1881 shirking1883 clock-watching1889 shirky1897 lead-swinging1930 skiving1959 1856 ‘The Druid’ Post & Paddock vii. 115 He was, in fact, a mere kid-glove sportsman. 1888 T. W. Higginson Women & Men 296 Anti-kid-glove literature is really no better than the kid-glove literature at which it affects to protest. 1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 81 I don't like your kid glove philanthropists meddling in matters they don't understand. Derivatives ˈkid-ˌglove v. (transitive) to cover (the hands) with kid gloves. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > gloves glove1600 kid-glove1860 1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1887) 11 The richer part of the community that..kid-glove their hands. ˈkid-ˌgloved adj. wearing kid gloves; also figurative, refined, dainty, delicate, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adjective] > specifically of persons refined1598 polite1601 inlanda1616 researched1636 spirituel1673 elegant1691 kid-gloved1848 kid glove1856 fine-drawn1876 rose water1883 sophisticated1895 subtle1904 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for hands > wearing gloves > types of ungauntleted1800 kid-gloved1848 kidded1879 1848 A. H. Clough Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich v. 124 Dancing and pressing the fingers kid-gloved of a Lady Maria. 1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight xxiv. 276 You can descry a kid-gloved hand, with rings outside the glove. 1899 Stead in Daily News 19 July 5/5 He was always somewhat of a kid-gloved gentleman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832 |
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