单词 | blue-coated |
释义 | blue-coatedadj. Of a person: that wears a blue coat, esp. as part of a uniform. Of an animal: that has blue feathers, fur, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a coat > types of blue-coateda1594 russet-coated1596 grey-coated1597 parti-coated1598 black-coated1600 red-coated1641 greatcoated1748 short-coated1813 frock-coated1850 tail-coated1850 buff-coated1856 overcoated1856 tunicked1876 raincoated1901 trench-coated1923 Crombie-coated1951 slickered1972 a1594 Edmond Ironside (1991) iii. vi. 100 Come on Yee blewcoated slaves, you that weare sattine doblets never but at good tymes, and weare a blew-coate but to once in a yeare. 1637 T. Nabbes Hannibal & Scipio Prol. sig. A3v The blue-coated Stage-keepers. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 591 He..became Teacher of the Blew-coated-children in Ch. Ch. Hospital. 1785 E. Blower Maria II. i. 13 Pray, Sir, of what humour must this blue-coated gentleman be? 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. vi. 185 And two blue-coated serving-men. 1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 441/2 April's bird, New England's poet laureate, blue-coated, flies before you prophesying spring. 1901 R. Metcalfe Passion Sonnets 55 The sentry peers out of his box, Like a blue-coated fox. 1961 L. Nizer My Life in Court (1963) 165 The blue-coated court attendant advised us that the jury had gone out to dinner. 2010 Vancouver (Brit. Columbia) Province (Nexis) 8 Feb. a3 Oversized Olympic mascot Quatchi was giving out hugs, helped by dozens of blue-coated volunteers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1594 |
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