| 释义 |
Mao|maʊ|
[f. Mao Tse-Tung; see Maoism.]
Used attrib. of a simple style of clothing based on dress in Communist China, as Mao cap, Mao collar, Mao jacket, Mao trousers, etc.
1967Guardian 1 Aug. 5/5 A close-fitting standing collar to which Paris is now giving the name Mao. 1968N.Y. Times 22 May 50 ‘Extravagances’ such as the Mao jacket. 1968Punch 24 July 107/2 Out, apparently, are Mao caps, Guevara beards, Maharishi gowns and Zapata moustaches. 1969A. Sinclair Last of Best ix. 231 Silk Mao jackets. 1972Daily Tel. 3 Mar. 14 The blue-clad men and women, all in Mao jackets and trousers. 1973Sunday Express (Trinidad) 1 Apr. (Suppl.) 7/3 From the East was Madame Sung Chih-Kuang, 50, wife of the first Red Chinese Ambassador to Britain, who wore a grey cotton Mao suit. 1974J. Mitchell Death & Bright Water iii. 19 Mao boiler suit to show he was one of the righteous, but hand-sewn and made of silk.
b. Mao 'flu, Hong Kong influenza (see Hong Kong 2).
1968Guardian 14 Dec. 1/1 Hongkong or Mao 'flu now sweeping the United States, is likely to reach Britain next month or in February. 1973‘G. Ashe’ Life for Death v. 49 He's had the damned Mao flu and it's put him right out. |