| 单词 | high-necked |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh-necked high-necked adj. having a high neck; (of an item of clothing) high in the neck. ΚΠ 1539 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 33 Ane gowne of crammasy satyne heich nekkit. 1657 E. Porter Trin-unus-deus x. 143 Not an high neckt Swan, nor a proud Peacock. 1844 N. P. Willis Lady Jane i. 539 High-neck'd gowns. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xvii. 185 To lead away the high-necked steeds. 1929 R. S. Lynd & H. M. Lynd Middletown xii. 159 Today flannel underwear is almost as obsolete as the long black equestrian tights, high-necked, long-sleeved nightgowns for women. 1941 J. D. D. Bacon World in his Heart ii. 20 He met Potiphar, the tall brown horse, and watched Sparrow bandage his hock, and Satty showed him how to stretch out an apple flat on his hand, for the great, high-necked creature. 2011 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. 15/6 Pleated, gold-buttoned trousers, some of them slashed up the sides to reveal bare legs, and worn with bugle beaded boleros and high necked blouses. < as lemmas |
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