单词 | blouse |
释义 | blouse (once / 1522 pages) n A blouse is a shirt usually worn by a woman. Your grandmother's favorite silk blouse might have pearl buttons down the front. A dressy item of clothing worn on the top of the body, mainly by girls or women, is sometimes called a blouse. Some military and historical garments are also blouses, and you can use the word as a verb meaning "to puff out or hang in folds," the way many blouses do. In French the word means "workman or peasant's shirt," but beyond that its origin is mysterious. WORD FAMILYblouse: blouses USAGE EXAMPLESSort clothes by type, grouping pants together, then shirts or blouses, jackets or dresses. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) In the back of the building, under hangers strewn with blouses, pants, wedding dresses and blankets, I talked with Amy and Mark about stains. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) It is fitting that the career of the woman who will always be respected for valuing Hollywood costumes began with a blouse. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a top worn by women Hypo|Hyper garibaldi a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers guimpea short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress middy, middy blouseblouse with a sailor collar shirtwaist, shirtwaistera blouse with buttons down the front top a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips |
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