| 单词 | out at elbow , knee , toe ) |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout at (the) elbow(s) (also heel(s), knee(s), toe(s)) b. Having parts of the body protruding through holes (in clothes). Chiefly in out at (the) elbow(s) (also heel(s), knee(s), toe(s)). Also in extended use. See also heel n.1 and int. Phrases 1b(a), out at elbows adv. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adverb] > projecting or protruding through clothing out1553 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] > projecting or protruding out1553 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 86 Some riche snudges..go with their hose out at heeles. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epistle (1843) 32 Out at the heeles with all other vserers. ?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 9 Your banquerout inuention, cleane out at the elbowes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 58 He cannot [speak] Sir: he's out at Elbow . View more context for this quotation 1693 C. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vii. 130 Hither coming, out at Heels and Knees. 1732 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed (ed. 10) 212 Sneak into a corner..down at heels and out at elbows. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 38 A great club who sit till break of day to heel-tap the nation; which, they say, is also run out at the toes. 1862 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 1 Nov. 94/3 His only clothing was a shirt torn in shreds, and a pair of trousers out at the knee and seat! 1896 Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 41 A seedy, out-at-toe shoe. 1898 Argosy Oct. 481 Ten years more of this life is as likely as not to make an out at elbows adventuress of her. 1956 H. MacLennan Confessions of Wood-Chopping Man in G. Lynch & D. Rampton Canad. Ess. (1991) 71 My jeans are stiff with ancient sweat and my jersey is out at the elbows. < as lemmas |
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