单词 | bobbysocks |
释义 | bobbysocks in British English or bobbysox (ˈbɒbɪˌsɒks) plural nounWord forms: singular bobbysock ankle-length socks worn by teenage girls, esp in the US in the 1940s bobbysocks in American English (ˈbɑbiˌsɑks) plural noun 1. socks that reach above the ankle and are sometimes folded down to the ankle adjective Also: bobbysox, bobby socks, bobby sox. Also called: bobsox2. indicating or associated with the wearing of bobbysocks; adolescent strictly a bobbysocks crowd the bobbysocks generation Word origin [1940–45, Amer.; bobby (for bobbed, altered by assoc. with bobby pin) + socks1]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, black box, set-aside, silkscreen, update |
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