| 单词 | leg piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleg piece leg piece n. (a) each of a pair of greaves (greave n.2 1) (now historical); (b) slang a theatrical performance in which dance is prominent, spec. a ballet; cf. leg business n. (b). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > leg armour > greave hosesc1275 jamberc1330 jambeauc1380 boot1388 shinbawde?a1400 greavec1400 leg piece1653 jamb1834 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] > leg-show leg show1873 leg piece1918 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xii. 83 He were mounted on a barbed horse furnished with..armes, thighs and leg-pieces [Fr. hoguines]. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xi. 151 His Leg-pieces he down to th' Anckles ti'd With silver Buckles, Leg-pieces of Brass. 1854 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 15 Apr. 212/2 Say ye English and continental managers how often have you escaped bankruptcy through the legs of your figurantes and the judicious selection of ballets, otherwise ‘leg pieces’. 1918 G. B. Shaw Let. Sept. in W. Loraine Robert Loraine (1938) xiii. 247 So long as you have a mouth left and one lung to keep it going, you will still be better than the next best: my pieces are not leg pieces. 2011 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 27 Nov. g1 I decided I didn't want to fight in such heavy and complicated armor—each of my leg pieces weighed 25 pounds. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。