| 单词 | a pair of bodies |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa pair of bodies (bodice) a. An inner garment for the upper part of the body, quilted and strengthened with whalebone (worn chiefly by women, but also by men); a corset, stays; frequently called a pair of bodies (bodice) = a pair of stays at stay n.2 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > bodice waistcoat1580 petticoat body1585 bodicea1625 jump1666 jacket bodice1856 camisole1866 spencer1881 bust bodice1889 liberty bodice1892 petticoat bodice1919 cami1995 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > corset busk1581 a pair of stays1608 bodicea1625 stay1731 corset1795 belt1818 foundation garment1927 foundation1939 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > bodice lyfkie1578 bodicea1625 waist1816 shirt-gown1889 a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ddd4/2 If the bones want setting In her old bodies. a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods xlii. 32 in Wks. (1640) III The whale-bone man That quilts those bodies, I have leave to span. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. v. 131 A Flower without its Empalement, would hang as uncouth and taudry as a Lady without her Bodies. 1679 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 23 Mowbray..having a pair of bodice on, and falling down as if really dead, the assassinate fled. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4196/4 A pair of new blewish Bodice. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 224 [Pope] was invested in boddice made of stiff canvass, being scarce able to hold himself erect till they were laced. < as lemmas |
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