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单词 tweedy
释义

tweedyadj.

Brit. /ˈtwiːdi/, U.S. /ˈtwidi/
Etymology: < tweed n. + -y suffix1.
1. Consisting of or relating to tweed cloth.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [adjective] > twilled
say1531
kerseymere1808
gabardine1888
tweedy1912
1912 R. Broughton Between Two Stools xiv. 107 Iris stood before them in tweedy brevity of skirt and pertness of tam-o-shanter.
1946 G. D. Klingopulos in Scrutiny XIV. ii. 144 The only excuse for noticing this tweedy sequel [sc. V. Sackville-West's The Garden].. is that we need to be reminded..that, in Courses of English, ‘The Land’ is still too often the substitute for modern poetry.
1978 I. Murdoch Sea 164 He is a big stout man, always dressed..in tweedy suits with waistcoats.
2. (a) Characterized by or given to wearing tweeds. (b) figurative. Characteristic of those (e.g. the country gentry) who wear tweeds; heartily informal, exclusively clannish, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific material
woolwardc1315
under line (occasionally in line)c1330
fox-furred1592
furred1592
tuftaffeta1598
tissued?16..
satin1603
silk1603
russet1604
tuftaffety1612
plush1615
sericated1623
sheepskinned1628
silken1640
lawny1647
plushed1650
satined1652
harden1654
sackclotheda1656
bearskinned1694
well-furred?1707
furry1717
brocaded1767
flannelled1784
lawned1798
buckskinned1829
corduroyed1832
silked1837
silkened1841
friezy1849
fustianed1849
velveted1850
buffed1863
buckramed1880
craped1880
crapy1891
velveteened1896
mohaired1914
tweeded1921
tweedy1923
leather1961
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [adjective] > belonging to gentry > characteristic of county gentry
county1918
tweedy1923
1923 M. Arlen These Charming People, Hunter after Wild Beasts i A tall, dark-looking man he was, and elegant in a tweedy sort of way.
1927 Sunday at Home May 451/1 The man who asked was tweedy as to legs.
1928 Sunday Disp. 5 Aug. 17/3 In Scottish country houses you rarely get away from the tweedy atmosphere until the afternoon has worn on.
1930 J. B. Priestley Good Companions ii. vii. 445 An angel of a woman, very erect, y'know, and tweedy, and straight out of the Old Moated Grange.
1949 L. P. Hartley Boat 80 She nodded very perceptibly in the direction of the tweedy group who were talking to each other as members of the same family do.
1980 Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 14/5 Miss Foster, who seems to have been a perfectly splendid, large and tweedy lady.

Derivatives

ˈtweedily adv.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [adverb]
squirelyc1400
gentlemanlyc1425
gentlewomanlikea1528
gentlemanlike1542
genteelly1601
liberally1624
tweedily1964
1964 C. P. Snow Corridors of Power xxiv. 195 Roger..lolloped tweedily along between them.
1980 ‘A. Skinner’ Mind's Eye i. 10 An old James Bond movie relayed rather tweedily from the mainland.
ˈtweediness n.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentleman > quality or rank of gentleman > state of being tweedy
tweediness1965
1965 Listener 27 May 788/1 The exotic tweediness of little Phyllis Benton, so despised by Mr Amis.
1978 R. Hill Pinch of Snuff x. 100 He would have classified her as genuine English county with a good seat but not erring on the side of tweediness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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