| 单词 | trouser breeches |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrouser breeches trouser breeches n. now rare (chiefly historical in later use) †(a) knee breeches (obsolete); (b) close-fitting trousers reaching down to the ankle; (in later use) esp. jodhpurs. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches > other sausage-hosea1637 buckskina1658 trouser breeches1724 Petershams1819 drab1821 trunks1825 plushes1838 puff breechesc1843 1724 G. Vertue Note-bks. (1930) I. 129 The King in his common habit & trouser breeches. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. i. 1 James..hated novelties. He..hunted in the most cumbrous and inconvenient of all dresses, a ruff and trowser breeches. 1795 F. Lathom All in Bustle i. ii. 18 Smatt...What colour shall the pantaloons be? Sir George. The what? Smatt. Trowser breeches, trowser breeches, sir George. Sir George. Trousers! why damme I am not going back to sea. Smatt. Ha, ha, ha..; no..you do not take me, sir, inexpressibles, smalls I mean, from the breast-bone to the shoe. 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 142 What glimpses of long-gone summers; of long-gone human beings in fringed trowser-breeches, in starched ruff, in hood and fardingdale. 1928 Dundee Courier 12 Sept. 10/1 The Maharajah..wears those famous trouser-breeches which are named Jodhpurs after his own State. 2006 Times 23 Sept. (Magazine) 108/1 It was set in 1847... It was just really flattering—we wore high trouser breeches and these beautiful shirts with great big billowing arms on them. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。