单词 | pannier |
释义 | pan·nier or pan·ier ![]() n. 1. A large wicker basket, especially: a. One of a pair of baskets carried on the shoulders of a person or on either side of a pack animal. b. A basket carried on a person's back. 2. A basket or pack, usually one of a pair, that fastens to the rack of a bicycle and hangs over the side of one of the wheels. 3. a. A framework of wire, bone, or other material formerly used to expand a woman's skirt at the hips. b. A skirt or an overskirt puffed out at the hips. [Middle English panier, from Old French, from Latin pānārium, breadbasket, from pānis, bread; see pā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] panniered adj. ![]() top: wicker panniers on a pole bottom: panniers on a bicycle ![]() |
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