| 单词 | trouser-knee |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrouser-knee a. As a modifier, designating a part of a pair of trousers, as in trouser-button, trouser-fly, trouser-knee, trouser-leg, trouser-pocket, trouser-seat, etc.Recorded earliest in trouser strap n. at Compounds 1d. ΚΠ 1829 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 2 May 292/1 Next come a few characteristics of a scientific age—as patent trouser-straps, to ‘prevent the dirt getting between the strap and the boot, &c.’. 1836 Times 4 Oct. On taking the prisoner into custody, I found in his trouser pockets the two loaded pistols now produced. 1849 G. Cupples Green Hand vi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 729/2 One of his long trowser-legs. 1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 251 John..flicked an atom of fluff off his trouser-knee. 1918 J. Joyce Ulysses Proteus in Little Rev. May 44 The slits of his buttoned trouser-fly. 1920 NZ Free Lance (Wellington) Dec. 18 The newly-arrived male immigrant is..noticeable at once by his tweed cap, soft collar, turned-up trouser hem, the thick soles of his boots and the apple-red of his cheeks. 1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing viii. 90 Gives a woman a start, naturally, to come into her son's bedroom and observe an alien trouser-seat sticking out from under the dressing table. 2020 Mirror (Nexis) 4 May The Little Mix star had both hands in her trouser pockets as she worked up a storm for Instagram. < as lemmas |
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