单词 | in the nude |
释义 | > as lemmasin the nude b. in the nude: naked, unclothed. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [noun] nakedOE nakedOE nakednessOE nakedheadc1330 nudity1611 the (also a) state of nature1802 nudeness1848 in the nude1856 clotheslessness1883 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iii. 114 Stands sublimely in the nude, as chaste As Medicean Venus. 1882 Globe 14 Dec. 5/5 They had seen him modelling..from Miss Felden, who stood in the nude as a model. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. vi. 112 He was a picture of Guilt in the nude, imploring to be sent into concealment. 1951 S. J. Perelman Let. 24 Oct. in Don't tread on Me (1987) 113 A state of frustration comparable to that of a man whose lingam is laid up for repairs only to have Ava Gardner, Jane Russell, and Marilyn Monroe prancing around him in the nude. 1966 A. Higgins Langrishe, go Down xxi. 155 I went..across to the plantation, stripped and ran round in the nude. 1995 D. McLean Bunker Man 76 It fanned open on a spread of two women having a water-pistol fight in the nude. < as lemmas |
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