单词 | padded shoulder |
释义 | > as lemmaspadded shoulder padded shoulder n. (usually in plural) the shoulder of a shirt, blouse, jacket, etc., supported by padding to give the appearance of breadth or squareness; a person's shoulder modified in shape with padding; also figurative. ΚΠ 1729 E. Ward Apollo's Maggot in his Cups Ded. Appearing to Beholders, Without false Calfs and padded Shoulders. 1889 Cent. Mag. Mar. 782/1 The padded shoulders of a female torso, clad in pink cambric. 1959 N. N. Holland First Mod. Comedies 39 ‘Dapperwit’ implies a comparison of clothes and wit, as though Dapperwit's pretensions to wit were a kind of padded shoulders to cover his actually feeble intelligence. 1990 T. Strong Sons of Heaven (BNC) 153 She was..an arch exponent of power dressing with padded shoulders to her grey suit. < as lemmas |
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