英语词汇“neck-to-knee”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P14. Originally Australian. neck-to-knee(s): (of a swimsuit) covering the body from the neck to the thigh. Also as n.: such a swimsuit.

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1902 New S. Wales Govt. Gaz. 6 89690 All persons bathing in any waters exposed to view from any wharf, street, public place, or dwelling house in the Municipal District of Manly, before the hour of 7.30 in the morning and after the hour of 8 o'clock in the evening, shall be attired in proper bathing costume covering the body from the neck to the knee.]

1910 Daily Tel. (Sydney) 20 June 17/8 Neck-to-knee costumes have been for some time past insisted on at all the popular resorts.

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 49 Neck-to-knees, bathing costumes covering the body from the neck to half-way down the thigh.

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xiv. 261 Refusing to wear the regulation ‘neck-to-knee’ bathing togs.

1999 Independent 18 Aug. i. 24/5 Swimmers have already used neck to knee suits and what everyone seems to be getting into a song and dance about is that it's gone from the knee to the ankle.

单词	neck-to-knee
释义	> as lemmas neck-to-knee(s) P14. Originally Australian. neck-to-knee(s): (of a swimsuit) covering the body from the neck to the thigh. Also as n.: such a swimsuit. ΚΠ 1902 New S. Wales Govt. Gaz. 6 89690 All persons bathing in any waters exposed to view from any wharf, street, public place, or dwelling house in the Municipal District of Manly, before the hour of 7.30 in the morning and after the hour of 8 o'clock in the evening, shall be attired in proper bathing costume covering the body from the neck to the knee.] 1910 Daily Tel. (Sydney) 20 June 17/8 Neck-to-knee costumes have been for some time past insisted on at all the popular resorts. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 49 Neck-to-knees, bathing costumes covering the body from the neck to half-way down the thigh. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xiv. 261 Refusing to wear the regulation ‘neck-to-knee’ bathing togs. 1999 Independent 18 Aug. i. 24/5 Swimmers have already used neck to knee suits and what everyone seems to be getting into a song and dance about is that it's gone from the knee to the ankle. extracted from neckn.¹ < as lemmas
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