| 单词 | be in buff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbe in buff b. Military attire (for which buff was formerly much used); a military coat made of buff; = buff coat n. Also the dress of sergeants and catch-poles. Hence, to wear buff, be in buff. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > made of specific material skin coat1533 buff1598 buff coat1633 hair-camlet1676 duffel1852 Guernsey coat1859 rabbit1877 polo coat1880 lammy coat1916 sheepskin1917 teddy bear1925 ranch mink1934 Persian1957 Persian lamb1959 leathers1962 leopard1973 Afghan1974 sable1975 squirrel1978 society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] to bear armsc1325 to take armsa1425 serve1430 war1535 to trail a pikec1550 sold1564 to follow the drum1575 to see and serve1590 soldierize1593 militate1625 soldier1647 be in buff1701 to go (a-)soldiering1756 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 30 If Martius in boystrous Buffes be drest. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. ii. 45 But is in a suite of buffe which rested him. View more context for this quotation 1640 J. Shirley Coronation iii. sig. E3 To sell your glorious buffes to buy fine pumps. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs vi. 419 With men of Buffe and Feather [L. cumque paludatis Ducibus]. 1701 J. Collier tr. A. Dacier Life Marcus Aurelius Antoninus p. cxi, in tr. Marcus Aurelius Conversat. with Himself Never suffer'd to wear Buff in Italy. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. i. 27 Churchmen, Presbyterians, and all, are in buff and bandelier for King Charles. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. i. 13 Strangled on the pulpit stairs by this man of buff and Belial. < as lemmas |
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