| 单词 | to strip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto strip (well, etc.) e. intransitive for reflexive. Also of an athlete, a pugilist, etc.: To take off one's ordinary wearing apparel in preparation for a contest. to strip (well, etc.): to have a good body, to have a pleasing appearance when stripped. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)] > in preparation for contest strip1688 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)] > present good appearance > when stripped strip1815 1688 J. Bunyan Heavenly Foot-man (1724) 27 If thou intendest to win, thou must Strip, thou must lay aside every Weight. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 51. ⁋5 [The author] in the Rover, makes a Country Squire strip to his Holland Drawers... The Pleasantry of Stripping almost Naked has been since practised..very successfully at Bartholomew Fair. 1815 T. Belcher Art of Boxing ix. 33 James Belcher..stripped remarkably well, and displayed much muscle. 1833 Q. Rev. 49 391 Whether it be the prize-fighter who strips in the ring, or the race-horse at the starting-post. 1887 M. Shearman Athletics & Football (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 73 A sprinter, too, to use a cant phrase of pedestrianism, ‘strips big’—i.e. looks bigger stripped than he does in his clothes. 1932 D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase ix. 106 He strips better than I should have expected... Better shoulders than I realised, and, thank Heaven, calves to his legs. 1955 T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences ix. 201 Such boys, to use the drill-instructor's expression, ‘strip better’. < as lemmas |
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