单词 | hip height |
释义 | > as lemmaship height hip height n. rare before late 19th cent. the height or level reached by a person's hips; a measurement of this height. ΚΠ c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2613 (MED) I was so hawtayne of herte..I helde nane my hippe heghte vndire heuene ryche. 1880 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 29 Oct. 179/3 Supposing a man to have a hip-height of 0.95m. 1954 Hesperia 24 130 She wears the customary garment of the huntress, held in at the waist by a girdle and forming an overfold at hip height. 2005 H. Mantel Beyond Black ii. 8 The walls were padded to hip height with turquoise plastic leather, deep-buttoned. < as lemmas |
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