| 单词 | light-jacketed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight-jacketed c. With reference to clothing, forming adjectives with the sense ‘wearing (a) lightweight ——’, by combining with a noun + - ed, as in light-suited, light-jacketed, etc.Now somewhat rare as reference to colour is usually assumed in such compounds; cf. light adj.2 and n.3 Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1813 B. Hofland Iwanowna xi. 100 Winter is setting in, and will make fine work with a parcel of sunshiny Italians and light-jacketed Frenchmen. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. xxiv. 326 A light-robed female presenting her hand to three soldiers. 1884 St. Nicholas Apr. 453/2 Miss Posackley..had a neat, small, light-booted foot. 1922 F. B. Austin On Borderland (1923) 95 The inspector's story of the light-suited fugitive came into his mind. < as lemmas |
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