单词 | pannier |
释义 | pannier —panniered, adj. /pan"yeuhr, -ee euhr/, n. 1. a basket, esp. a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc. 2. a basket for carrying on a person's back, or one of a pair to be slung across the back of a beast of burden. 3. a similar type of bag, usually one of a pair, fastened over a bicycle's rear wheel. 4. (on a dress, skirt, etc.) a puffed arrangement of drapery at the hips. 5. an oval framework formerly used for distending the skirt of a woman's dress at the hips. Also, panier. [1250-1300; ME panier < MF < L panarium breadbasket, equiv. to pan(is) bread + -arium -ARY; see -IER2] |
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