单词 | starched-out |
释义 | > as lemmasstarched-out b. Of cloth, clothing, etc.: stiffened with starch or a similar substance. Formerly also †starched-out. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [adjective] > starched starched1586 yellow1587 clear-starched1774 starchy1844 1586 J. Prime Expos. St. Paul to Galathians 259 Monsterous starcht supported rufs. 1617 B. Rich Irish Hubbub 9 Wee haue conuerted the coller of steele to a yellow-starched-band. 1663 J. V. Canes Epist. to Authour of Animadversions Fiat Lux 86 Your pure neat white starched bands and cuffs. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 223 My curious starch'd Band. 1765 H. Jackson Ess. Brit. Isinglass 28 Fine Linen..will acquire the necessary Gloss and Stiffness, and will not stick to the Iron like starched Linen. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. i. 8 The ex-minister, as bolt upright as a starched ruff and laced cassock could make him. 1847 A. S. Mayhew & H. Mayhew Greatest Plague of Life vii. 87 A fly-a-way starched-out imitation Balzorine gown. 1873 Mrs. H. Wood in Argosy Jan. 69 Aunt Dashingly wore her great crimson turban..and that starched-out old amber-satin gown. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 52 A broad-brimmed hat and highly-starched cambric morning-gown. 1921 J. Dos Passos Three Soldiers iv. ii. 216 Starched cuffs peeped from under the well-tailored sleeves of his officer's uniform. 1979 E. L. Doctorow Loon Lake xii. 70 The starched front of her uniform rose and fell with her breathing. 2010 C. Rice Extraordinary, Ordinary People viii. 75 I ruined more than a few of those starched dresses, much to my mother's dismay and my father's delight. < as lemmas |
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