petticoat
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/
美 /ˈpɛt.ɪ.koʊt/|[ˈpɛɾ.ɪ.koʊt]|/ˈpet.ɪ.kəʉt/|[ˈpeɾ.ɪ.kəʉt]
英文释义
名词 n.
- A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
- A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
- A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.
- A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
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A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.
— “Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.” “Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.”
- A woman.
- A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.
动词 v.
- To dress in a petticoat.
形容词 adj.
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Feminine; female; involving a woman.
— petticoat influence
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.
词源 2
From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.
词源 3
From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.
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