silk-stocking
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious.
— June 11, 1812, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry [They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers.
词形变化
词源
Among men, silk stockings were formerly worn chiefly by the rich.
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