Vest
[vest] or [vɛst]
解释:
(noun.) a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat.
(verb.) clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes.
(verb.) clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments.
(verb.) become legally vested; 'The property vests in the trustees'.
(verb.) place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons; 'She vested her vast fortune in her two sons'.
艾达整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
(n.) Any outer covering; array; garb.
(n.) Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
(n.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
(n.) To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death.
(n.) To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
(n.) To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses.
(n.) To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession.
(v. i.) To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law.
录入:沃尔特
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Vesture, garment, vestment, robe, dress.[2]. Waistcoat (for men).
v. a. [1]. Clothe, dress, surround, robe, enrobe, envelope, cover.[2]. Endow, furnish.
校对:内奥米
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Kobe, clothe, furnish, endow
ANT:Divest, strip, unrobe, denude, deprive
贝弗莉录入
解释:
n. that which is put on as dress: a garment: a waistcoat: formerly a cassock-like garment: a kind of close jacket worn by women an extra piece or trimming on the front of the bodice of a woman's gown often V-shaped: a knitted or woven undergarment: (arch.) a vestment.—v.t. to clothe: to invest: (law) to give fixed right of possession.-v.i. to descend or to take effect as a right.—adj. Ves′ted clothed wearing robes of ceremony: not contingent or suspended hence (law) already acquired: denoting a present absolute right.—n. Ves′tiary (obs.) a wardrobe: (rare) garb clothing:—pl. Ves′tiaries.—n. Ves′ting cloth for men's waistcoats.—Vest in interest to devolve as matter of right without reference to immediate right of possession.
编辑:米考伯
娱乐性解释:
A waistcoat sold at halfprice.
录入:温德尔
例句:
- Next morning Fred showed me one of the crumpled flowers in his vest pocket, and looked very sentimental. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- The hair was to fall over the neck and face in a profusion of careless ringlets, and, inside my vest, an Indian amber-coloured hankerchief. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Laurie smiled, took it, put it in his vest pocket 'to keep it from blowing away', and listened with interest to the lively letter Amy read him. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Fisk wore a velvet corduroy coat and a very peculiar vest. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Master, this vest all stained with wine; of course, a gentleman in Master's standing never wears a vest like this. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Seems to me, Dolph, he added, laying his finger on the elegant figured satin vest that Adolph was sporting, seems to me that's _my_ veSt. O! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Closely related to the constitution and just as decadent to-day are the Sanctity of Private Property, Vested Rights, Competition the Life of Trade, Prosperity (at any cost). 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- You have but one duty, John, and that lies in the interest of vested authority. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I say this unhesitatingly for in another place the Commission informs us that marriage has in it the elements of vested rights. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Your fortune is vested in the English funds; Briggs has the will and the necessary documents. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
奥古斯汀录入