| 释义 |
goatee orig. U.S.|gəʊˈtiː|
Also goaty.
[f. goat: see -ee2.]
A beard trimmed in the form of a tuft hanging from the chin, resembling that of a he-goat.
1844Lee & Frost Ten Yrs. Oregon viii. 102 A few individuals..leave what is called, by some of their politer neighbors, a ‘goaty’ under the chin. 1847J. K. Paulding Noble Exile 107 A queer little amber-colored goatee. 1856I. L. Bird Englishw. Amer. 366 They [Americans] also indulge in eccentricities of appearance in the shape of beards and imperials, not to speak of the ‘goatee’. 1884St. James's Gaz. 10 May 6/1 A large ‘goatee’ beard. 1886E. S. Phelps Burglars in Par. vii. 133 The man with the goatee arose and shuffled to the..door.
Add: Hence goaˈteed a. (also goatee'd), having a goatee beard.
1847J. M. Hollingsworth Jrnl. 20 Jan. in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. (1923) I. 225 Sufficient time elapsed to have the attention of the passersby drawn to..the air of timidity, half screened from detection by his martial whiskers, of our goateed staff. 1949Time 4 Apr. 53/1 McClure gave his goateed managing editor a jolt straight from the shoulder. 1985R. Huntford Shackleton xvii. 175 Helpful, goatee'd and precise, de Gerlache was a disappointed man. |