| 单词 | guard-chain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasguard-chain guard-chain n. (a) a chain used to secure something, esp. a part of the dress or personal equipment, as a watch, brooch, or bracelet; (b) a chain used as a protection; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > other fastenings crotcheta1685 skewer1771 back-string1785 guard-chain1832 patte1835 tie-up1896 press-button1908 press fastener1922 Liverpool pennant1933 Velcro1960 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence > device or contrivance to protect a thing or person > chain guard-chain1832 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) II. xxx. 179 [His] toilet was equally studied; eye-glass, guard-chain, nothing was omitted. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers liv. 591 Very little watches and very large guard chains. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. ix. 143 The merry old gentleman, placing..a watch in his waistcoat pocket, with a guard chain round his neck. 1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 223 In a velvet waistcoat and gilt guard-chain. 1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 7 It [Gunpowder] is the guard-chain and strong bolt which keep the barbarian thief from entering the precincts of the peaceful and industrious. 1894 A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 280 Old Jack sat on the guard-chain of a flowery grave. 1896 Daily Tel. 19 Mar. 8/3 The guard-chain of Waterloo Pier. < as lemmas |
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