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单词 stand-away
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stand-awayn.adj.

Brit. /ˈstandəweɪ/, U.S. /ˈstændəˌweɪ/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to stand away at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1.
Etymology: < to stand away at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1.
A. n.
1. A divorce. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1704 S. Knight Jrnl. 7 Oct. (1825) 41 Those uncomely Stand aways are too much in Vougue among the English in this (Indulgent Colony).
2. Short for stand-away collar, stand-away neck, etc. Cf. sense B. 2. Now rare.
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1954 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl.-Standard 15 Sept. Collars..range from the small, high and close fitting club, Peter Pan or semi-turtleneck types to stand-aways and big capelets.
1968 Lima (Ohio) News 7 Jan. c 2/2 Collars might be throat bands to frame the neck like wide cuffs or chiseled standaways.
B. adj.
1.
a. Boxing slang. Of, relating to, or involving a fighting stance at a relatively great distance from one's opponent, rather than at close quarters. Cf. to stand away 1 at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete.
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1897 Examiner (San Francisco) 13 Mar. 10/4 If Siler had decided that there should be no hitting in the clinches it would have suited me just as well. I think I can take care of myself in a stand-away fight.
1913 Referee (Sydney) 29 Oct. 9/3 It was in the stand away work that Azevedo got in his best licks.
b. Of a person, a person's behaviour, etc.: distant or cold in manner; standoffish. rare.
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1938 J. Cary Castle Corner iii. 155 Rifty had Bridget for his partner but Bridget was even more standaway than usual.
2011 Telegraph (New Delhi, India) (Nexis) 15 Nov. A sort of a stand-away attitude, you know.
2. Of a collar, the neck of a garment, etc.: that lies or rises away from the neck of the wearer.
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1914 Elyria (Ohio) Evening Telegram 20 Feb. 3/6 This was trimmed with a Japanese standaway collar of green taffeta.
1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour i. 12/1 Stand-away collars, collarless styles and V- or U-shaped necklines will make the neck seem longer.
1971 Cincinnati Mag. July 7 (advt.) Long-sleeved with a zip up to the standaway neckline.
2013 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 31 Aug. (Magazine section) Carmel Snow..claimed he created the stand-away collar for her ‘because I have no neck’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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