单词 | windbreaker |
释义 | > as lemmaswindbreaker windbreaker n. †(a) (cf. 10), a drug that expels flatulence, a carminative; (b) U.S. = wind-break n. 1; (c) U.S. (with capital initial) the proprietary name of a kind of shirt or leather blouse; gen. (chiefly North American) = windcheater n. (b) below. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for flatulence carminative1671 wind-discusser1676 windbreaker1694 physagogue1890 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > against weather or storms > row of trees wind-break1861 shelter belt1869 windbreaker1873 wind-belt1903 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > weatherproof > windproof windjammer1880 windcheater1909 windbreaker1918 wind-jacket1940 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. xx. 803/2 The Sugared Oily Carminative, or Wind breaker. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxxiv. 730 If there is any wind-breaker northwest, between there and Alaska, I had no evidence of it. 1918 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 5 Nov. 214/2 The Hilker-Wiechers Manufacturing Co., Racine, Wis. Windbreaker... Men's shirts for outer wear. 1925 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 13 Jan. 256/2 Gufterman Bros., Inc., St. Paul, Minn... Windbreaker... Leather blouses, shirts, [etc.]. 1934 Beaver June 6/2 The wind-breakers and coats are shown by a series of photographs. 1964 ‘R. Macdonald’ in H. Q. Masur Murder most Foul (1973) 109 A man with a bulky shoulder harness under his brown suede windbreaker. 1985 Times 9 Feb. 36/4 The terminal was full of muscular young men in windbreakers and running shoes. < as lemmas |
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