| 单词 | dutchman's breeches |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDutchman's breeches Dutchman's breeches n. (a) a name in U.S. of the plant Dicentra Cucullaria; (b) Nautical (see quot. 1867). ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 400/1 Dicentra Cucullaria, is known in the United States as Dutchman's Breeches, from the shape of the spurred flower. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Dutchman's breeches, the patch of blue sky often seen when a gale is breaking, is said to be, however small, ‘enough to make a pair of breeches for a Dutchman’. < as lemmas |
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