单词 | red-coated |
释义 | red-coatedadj. 1. Of a person (esp. a soldier): that wears a red coat. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a coat > types of blue-coateda1594 russet-coated1596 grey-coated1597 parti-coated1598 black-coated1600 red-coated1641 greatcoated1748 short-coated1813 frock-coated1850 tail-coated1850 buff-coated1856 overcoated1856 tunicked1876 raincoated1901 trench-coated1923 Crombie-coated1951 slickered1972 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 51 What a goodly troop of red-coated Souldiers would they be? 1662 A. Brome Rump (new ed.) i. 298 Now we must desert thee,..And the Red-coated Saints domineer. 1718 Golden Mine of Treasure 41 A Cabal of red-coated Courtiers. 1799 R. Lawrence tr. J. W. von Goethe Gortz of Berlingen iii. 79 Ha! ha! a red-coated rascal, who is come to enquire of us, whether we will brand ourselves for ever as cowards or not. 1823 T. Moore Fables Holy Alliance 49 Woe to the Monarch, who depends Too much on his red-coated friends. 1845 W. M. Thackeray Little Travels in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 96/2 A man of peace has no right to be dazzled by that red-coated glory. 1894 C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 478 The red-coated marine may be seen all over the world sharing the work..of his blue-frocked brother. 1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean ii. 25 There were..red-coated officers, periwigged medical men. 1975 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 21 Nov. 25/1 I've been here [sc. Calgary] for three days and I haven't seen one buffalo, or a Red River cart or a redcoated Mountie or a saloon shoot-out. 2002 C. Williams Sugar & Slate 190 I don't want any..bereted, red coated soldiers leading the parade to the trumpets of the police band playing Bach or Handel. 2. Of a thing: coated with red; having a red covering or surface. ΚΠ ?1650 T. Jordan Claraphil & Clarinda sig. D6v A Red-coated Face Frights a Serjeant and his Mace. 1689 Quakers Art of Courtship ix. 92 By that time we came to rise from the Table, some of us had got red-coated Faces, and looked as if we had been at a meeting of Gossips at a hot Sooping. 1864 N.Y. Times 15 Aug. 2/4 The day is at hand when its handsome maroon leather cover will be seen in Europe in formidable competition with its red-coated prototypes. 1898 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosk, Wisconsin) 19 Sept. 2/1 Mr. Eilers has picked nearly a bushel of big red-coated peaches. 1921 Man 21 3 The red-coated ware from the well seems to have all been made from the same clay. 1966 Current Anthropol. 7 348/2 From the late 17th century a jar with a tall red-coated slightly flared neck was the characteristic water pot. 2008 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 22 Mar. (Mag.) 22 The slab of red-coated meat hanging in a glass-sided hot box at most Chinese restaurants. 3. Of an animal: that has red colouring, fur, etc. ΚΠ a1807 Britannic Mag. 4 429/1 The most formidable of which [sc. ants] are the red-coated ones. 1857 Baptist Children's Mag. 4 205 Creeping on a moss-rose-tree leaf, Emily saw one of her little favourites—a red-coated Ladycow. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason xvii. 327 Your meat shall be Red-coated squirrels from the beechen tree. 1905 J. London in Cent. Mag. Nov. 117/1 Knee-deep in the water, with drooping head and half-shut eyes, drowsed a red-coated, many-antlered buck. 1945 Sikeston (Missouri) Herald 15 Nov. 5/5 The red-coated, white-faced Herefords appeared to have a heavy frost across their backs. 2008 Independent Traveller (Nexis) 2 Feb. (Travel section) 16 These red-coated, white-whiskered primates perch in groups grooming one another. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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