| 单词 | winter woollies |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinter woollies winter woollies n. warm garments, typically made of wool, worn in cold winter weather (also figurative); cf. woolly n. 1. ΚΠ 1908 Graphite Feb. 914/1 If the ground hog sees his shadder When he peereth forth today, Please keep on your winter woolies Till about the first of May. 1926 P. G. Wodehouse Heart of Goof vi. 194 His mother had bought him a new set of winter woollies which felt like horsehair. 1964 Observer 13 Sept. 11/3 If we wear the winter woollies of traditional trade unionism against the hot sun of automation, we may sweat it out instead of thinking it out. 2016 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 3 May 14 Get ready to finally pack away those winter woollies and get those shorts and T-shirts out of the loft. winter woollies 1. A woollen garment or covering; now esp. plural, garments or wraps knitted of (fleecy) wool. winter woollies, warm underwear (not necessarily of wool); frequently jocular. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > cloth or textile weedOE blanket1346 cover-pane1481 sheet1487 drapet1590 cover-cloth1599 receiver1688 woolly1864 clothing1881 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > wool > article of woolly1899 wool1933 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > wool > types of russeta1450 raploch1535 russetinga1588 sheep's russet1590 hodden grey1725 flannels1888 woolly1899 loden1911 red flannel1940 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > warm winter woollies1926 thermals1979 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Woolly, a blanket. 1899 19th Cent. Aug. 283 ‘Granny the Thimbleman’..knits woollies for the ‘quality’. 1916 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 514 (note) Flannel shirts..and woollies of all sorts for the wounded soldiers. 1919 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 148/2 Some thin underclothing and a ‘woolley’ in addition to the spare shirt and socks. 1926 P. G. Wodehouse Heart of Goof vi. 194 His mother had bought him a new set of winter woollies which felt like horsehair. 1933 D. Thomas Let. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 24 Catch him [sc. Wordsworth].. walking the hills with a daffodil pressed to his lips, and his winter woollies tickling his chest. 1964 Observer 13 Sept. 11/3 If we wear the winter woollies of traditional trade unionism against the hot sun of automation, we may sweat it out instead of thinking it out. 1974 Nature 18 Oct. 569/1 The dinosaurs' unsatisfied need was not so much for laxatives as for winter woollies! < as lemmas |
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