Waistcoat
['weɪs(t)kəʊt;'weskɪt] or ['wɛskət]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A short, sleeveless coat or garment for men, worn under the coat, extending no lower than the hips, and covering the waist; a vest.
(n.) A garment occasionally worn by women as a part of fashionable costume.
錄入:特德
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Vest, doublet.
錄入:勒达
例句/造句/用法:
- As he was returning the box to his waistcoat pocket, a loud bell rang for the servants' dinner; he knew what it was. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Contemplation of Mr Dorrit's waistcoat buttons by Mr Merdle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Ay, my man,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat, with a condescending smile. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Gradually there arose before me the hat, head, neckcloth, waistcoat, trousers, boots, of a member of society of about my own standing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The captain surveyed him from cap to waistcoat and from waistcoat to leggings for a few moments, and finally asked him to go indoors. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Sambo, the black servant, has just rung the bell; and the coachman has a new red waistcoat. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He was a dreadful old man to look at, in a filthy flannel waistcoat, and smelling terribly of rum. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He stood before her, his hands in his pockets, his chest sturdily expanded under its vivid waistcoat. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Out of his waistcoat, as usual, grows a tree, on the main branches of which the above illustrious names are inscribed. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Beside him were the leggings, thick boots, leather gloves, and sleeve-waistcoat in which he worked. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and turning to the table he shook out upon it five little dried orange pips. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The other gentleman with him, in the red under-waistcoat and dark moustache, is the Honourable Mr. Crushton, his bosom friend. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- One would be startled to see him with a bright tie, a loud checked suit, or a fancy waistcoat, and yet there is a curious sense of fastidiousness about the plain things he delights in. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The boy _is_ a fool--I thought he was,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- No, sir, Dr. Becher is an Englishman, and there isn't a man in the parish who has a better-lined waistcoat. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- At seventy five I expect to wear loud waistcoats with fancy buttons; also gaiter tops; at eighty I expect to learn how to play bridge whist and talk foolishly to the ladies. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He had brilliant under-waistcoats, any one of which would have set up a moderate buck. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Harriette likes white waistcoats--Harriette commends silk stockings, &c. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Of course not, but I don't see the use of your having seventeen waistcoats, endless neckties, and a new hat every time you come home. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- There are chivalric sentiments, there is high-beating courage, under those waistcoats of yours, I doubt not. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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