单词 | pantaloon-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈpantaloon-like ˈpantaloon-like adj. (originally) resembling or characteristic of Pantaloon (now rare); (now) resembling pantaloons. ΚΠ 1840 L. S. Costello Summer amongst Bocages & Vines II. vii. 161 Crowned female faces..are attached to a wreath of leaves, which terminates in another figure..with a pantaloon-like mask. 1892 J. C. Browne in Pall Mall Gaz. 5 May 7/1 I should describe them as pantaloon-like girls, for many of them had a stooping gait and withered appearance, shrunk shanks, and spectacles on nose. 1999 Strait Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 26 July 8 In a baggy vest and pantaloon-like trousers, the small-framed actor struck the wrong note as a character in the prime of manhood. < as lemmas |
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