单词 | sleeve |
释义 | sleeve —sleevelike, adj. /sleev/, n. , v. , sleeved, sleeving. n. 1. the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular. 2. an envelope, usually of paper, for protecting a phonograph record. 3. Mach. a tubular piece, as of metal, fitting over a rod or the like. 4. laugh up or in one's sleeve, to be secretly amused or contemptuous; laugh inwardly: to laugh up one's sleeve at someone's affectations. 5. have something up one's sleeve, to have a secret plan, scheme, opinion, or the like: I could tell by her sly look that she had something up her sleeve. v.t. 6. to furnish with sleeves. 7. Mach. to fit with a sleeve; join or fasten by means of a sleeve. [bef. 950; ME sleve, OE slefe (Anglian), sliefe; akin to D sloof apron] |
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