英语词汇“blue-gown”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	blue-gown
释义	blue gown, ˈblue-gown [cf. blue-coat.] †1. A blue gown was: a. ‘The dress of ignominy for a harlot in the house of correction’ (Nares); b. The dress of an almoner, in Scotland of a king's bedesman or licensed beggar. Obs. 1604Dekker Honest Wh. Wks. 1873 II. 165 Your Puritanicall Honest Whore sits in a blue gowne.1787Burns Ep. J. Rankine iv, It's just the blue-gown badge an' claithing O' saunts. 2. One who wears this dress: in Scotland, a king's bedesman or licensed beggar, who wore the dress as a badge. Also attrib. 1816Scott Antiq. xxiv, ‘Edie Ochiltree, nae maister—your puir bedesman and the king's’, answered the Blue-Gown.Ibid. xxxvii, Here has been an old Blue-Gown committing robbery!
随便看	red-berried red-bill red-billed red-bird red-blind red-blindness red-blooded redbone red book red-book redbreast red-breasted red-brick red-bud red cap red-cap redcap red-capped red carpet red cedar red cell red cent red-cheeked Red China red-circle

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。