单词 | tunic |
释义 | tunic /tooh"nik, tyooh"-/, n. 1. Chiefly Brit. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform. 2. a gownlike outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes belted, worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans. 3. a woman's upper garment, either loose or close-fitting and extending over the skirt to the hips or below. 4. a garment with a short skirt, worn by women for sports. 5. Eccles. a tunicle. 6. Anat. , Zool. any covering or investing membrane or part, as of an organ. 7. Bot. an integument, as that covering a seed. [bef. 900; ( < F tunique) < L tunica; perh. also continuing OE tunece, tunica < L] |
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