| 释义 |
T-shirt orig. U.S.|ˈtiːʃɜːt|
Also tee-shirt.
[f. the letter T (see below) + shirt n.]
A simple kind of garment, orig. a man's undershirt, typically short-sleeved, round-necked, buttonless and made from knitted cotton fabric, and forming the shape of a letter T when spread out flat; now a similar garment of various designs, widely worn as a shirt by men, women, and children for sport or as casual wear.
1920F. Scott Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 25 Amory, provided with ‘six suits summer underwear..one sweater or T shirt..’ set out for New England, the land of schools. 1944Survey Graphic Aug. 368/3 We have been slow to realize that the high school crowd needs to sit in with us, with all their jive talk, their ‘T’ shirts and ‘sloppy joes’. 1948Sun (Baltimore) 2 Aug. 6/2 A ragged looking pair of trousers and as dark a shirt [as] possible or an old ‘tee’ shirt. 1957J. Braine Room at Top xxv. 203 Roy..was wearing blue suède shoes, blue linen slacks, an orange T-shirt, and white sunglasses. 1958Daily Express 4 Mar. 3/7 Lord M―..wore a striped tee-shirt. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon xiv. 202 Sebastian,..presented a sharp contrast to myself, already scruffy in T-shirt and jeans. 1980Times 7 Feb. 13 There will be pop music and phone-ins, tee-shirts and car stickers.
Hence T-shirted, tee-shirted adjs., wearing or clothed in a T-shirt.
1957J. Kerouac On Road (1958) ii. vi. 134 His muscular neck, T-shirted in the winter night. 1959Times 21 Oct. 11/3 T-shirted trippers perched on tubular steel chairs. 1973Philadelphia Inquirer (Today Suppl.) 14 Oct. 27 (caption) A funeral parlor..is guarded by tee-shirted gang members outside. 1979Guardian 3 Sept. 11/8 The jeaned and tee-shirted young. |