单词 | suspender |
释义 | suspendern. I. One who or that which suspends. 1. One who or that which puts a stop to something, esp. temporarily. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > one who > one who puts a stop to something temporarily suspender1524 1524 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 108 The suspendaris of the said kirk being charply persewit for the said expensis. 1867 Contemp. Rev. 5 455 Time itself is the great suspender of controversy. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person demurrer1533 hanger1536 staggerer1552 hobbler1575 tennis ball1589 waverer1597 halter1608 suspender1625 waver1667 fluttererc1726 oscillator1798 pendulum1818 shilly-shallyer1832 shilly-shally1834 wobbler1837 hesitater1853 dilly-dallier1880 vacillator1890 haverer1947 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [noun] > refraining from action or decision > person unresolved1609 suspender1625 fence-man1828 fence-rider1834 fence-sitter1905 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem ii. v. 146 The cautelousnes of suspenders, and not forward concluders. 3. Scots Law. One who presents a bill of suspension: see suspension n. 4, and cf. suspend v. 6b. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff > petitioner > presenting bill of suspension suspender1650 1650 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 27 The Lords declairis, That whair the Groundis of the Chairges are Decreittis before inferior Judges, the Suspender, in that Case, is onlie heirby haldin either to produce the Decreitt, or ane Instrument of Refusall thereof. 1698 in Sir H. Dalrymple Decisions (1792) 7 The suspender having neglected the legal remedy of suspension. 1774 in A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (1864) 303 The suspenders have given a very erroneous state of the..manner in which this green was acquired. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. at Suspension The ordinary course..is for the suspender to ask the Lord Ordinary to pronounce an order for revising the reasons of suspension and answers. 1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 100 §2 The word ‘pursuer’ shall include complainer, suspender, petitioner, or appellant. II. That by which something is suspended. 4. a. One of a pair of straps passing over the shoulders to hold up the trousers: = brace n.2 9b. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > suspenders or braces for suspender1810 gallows1827 trouser brace1847 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [adjective] > trousers > parts of suspender1810 1810 Massachusetts Spy 23 May 3/2 Part of the buckle of his suspenders and several pieces of his coat..were extracted from the wound. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. ii. 29 Loose trousers, tightened at the hips, to preclude the necessity of suspenders. 1841 Syd. Smith in Lady Holland Mem. (1855) II. 442 Correspondences are like small-clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up. 1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 71/1 He wore a leather belt and used no suspenders. b. A device attached to the top of a stocking or sock to hold it up in place. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > for holding up > suspender suspender1878 sock-suspender1912 1878 Queen 13 July (advt.) The new stocking suspender (Patent) worn by the leaders of fashion and strongly recommended by the medical profession. 1881 Queen 18 June 6/2 (heading) The New Stocking Suspender... A handsome pair of..suspenders, in a fancy box. 1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 1082 Ladies' Stocking Suspenders. 1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 1134 Half Hose Suspenders. 5. a. An apparatus or a natural structure which supports something suspended. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended pendant1580 suspension1833 suspender1839 hanger1864 suspensor1874 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 642 The second improvement described by the patentee, is the construction of ‘suspenders’, to be substituted instead of the ordinary blocks. 1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi 168 The suspender of the larger copulative cell. 1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 704 Suspender (Keetley's), with woollen bag [for scrotal hernia]. b. A tanning-pit in which the hides are suspended. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > tan-vat > types of bark-vatc1440 bark-cobillc1550 handler1771 grainer1813 roundabout1842 rocker1876 suspender1882 lay-away1885 layer pit1901 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 384/2 In these pits (also called suspenders) the hides are suspended over poles laid across the pit, and they are moved daily from one to another of a series of four or six. III. Something that is suspended. 6. A hanging basket, vase, etc., as for flowers. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > hanging ornamental suspender1878 1878 L. Jewitt Ceramic Art I. 425 Vases, tazzas, brackets, pedestals, suspenders, terminals, flower-vases. Compounds suspender belt n. an undergarment used for holding up stockings, consisting of a belt and suspenders to which the tops of the stockings are clipped; a garter belt. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > for holding up > suspender belt suspender belt1926 garter belt1959 belt1961 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 667/2 Suspender belts. White only..each 2/6. 1930 A. Huxley Brief Candles 303 And then that further humiliation of having to ask him to help her look for her suspender belt! 1976 Vogue 15 Mar. 79 Blue satin suspender belt, £6.90. suspender clip n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > for holding up > suspender belt > clip on suspender end1966 suspender clip1973 1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 127 Concentrating on gartering her nylons,..suspender-clips glittering silver under or behind her lacquered red fingernails. suspender end n. the clip on a suspender belt. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > for holding up > suspender belt > clip on suspender end1966 suspender clip1973 1966 Olney Amsden Price List 36 Suspender ends..Nylon Fitting 6/8 dozen cards. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1524 |
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