| 单词 | tight-fitting |
| 释义 | > as lemmastight-fitting C2. Adverbial, as tight-bound (= tightly bound), tight-closed, tight-draped, tight-drawn, tight-fitting, tight-looking, tight-made, tight-packed, tight-pressed, tight-rooted, tight-shut, tight-stretched adjs.; tight-reining n.; tight-clasp, tight-tie verbs. See also tight-laced adj., etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > that fits in specific way > close-fitting straita1387 justc1440 sitting1440 close1488 well-fitted1590 close-bodied1677 succinct1714 tightish1775 tight1784 full-fashioned1812 skintight1838 snug1838 fully-fashioned1844 tight-fitting1846 close-fitting1870 slim1884 skin-fitting1915 skinny1915 slinky1921 tight-ass1969 1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina ii, in Moral Tales II. 39 She was hospitably received by a tight-looking woman. 1820 J. Keats Ode on Melancholy in Lamia & Other Poems 140 Go not to Lethe, neither twist Wolf's-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine. 1835 C. Howard Gen. View Agric. E. Riding Yorks. 8 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III A large and tight-bound sheaf will require to stand two days longer than a small one. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) v. 50 I didn't think you were half such a tight-made fellow! 1846 E. A. Poe in Godey's Lady's Bk. Nov. 216/1 He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress. 1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth (1861) I. 20 Clad in a pair of tight-fitting buckskin hose. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. vii. 224 With the palms of his hands tight-clasping his hot temples. 1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 166 I'll..tight-tie you with the strings Here of my heart! 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. ii. 74 After tight-reining and regular hours. 1896 A. Palmer in Academy 25 Jan. 80/3 It is strange how the tight-stretched tambourine can be called molle. 1905 Daily Chron. 21 Oct. 5/2 Strong men stood with tight-drawn lips. 1918 G. Frankau One of Them xxix. 223 Tight-packed as, face to tail and tail to face, Bristle in Watson's tins the silvery ‘Skippers’. 1950 E. Partridge Slang To-day & Yesterday (ed. 3) iii. iii. 257 The ten-page, tight-packed chapter entitled ‘War Words’ in Collinson's Contemporary English. < as lemmas |
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