单词 | cardigan |
释义 | cardigann. A knitted jumper with or (less commonly) without sleeves which fastens down the front, usually by means of buttons. Cf. cardie n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > cardigan cardigan1856 golfer1911 cardie1946 1856 Peterson's Mag. Mar. 253/2 In open patterns, such as mats, cardigans, &c., generally the thread is broken off at the end of every round. 1868 R. Rowe in Good Words Nov. 699/1 Rubbing..the sleeve of his brown Cardigan. 1879 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. I. 278 I bought a cardigan for myself..and some thick socks. 1949 Life 21 Feb. 129 (caption) Snug hand-knit cardigan for afterski lounging. 2011 Daily Tel. 20 Apr. 31/5 An embellished cashmere cardigan over her shoulders and heels would finish off the look perfectly. Compounds With other nouns, with the sense ‘that is both a cardigan and a ——’, as in cardigan jacket, cardigan sweater, etc. ΚΠ 1856 Economist 12 July 778/1 (advt.) Midsummer Dress for Young Gentlemen. The Emperor's Cape... The Cardigan Wrapper. 1896 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 12 Oct. 7/4 (advt.) A grand offering of shirts and drawers for men, women and children, overshirts, cardigan sweaters, wool half hose [etc.]. 1951 E. E. Evans Mourne Country 179 The wide-bottomed ‘plaidin frock’ or cardigan jacket which survived longest among the Carlingford fishermen. 2004 Daily Tel. 15 Nov. 19/2 Look out for a long, cable-knit cardigan-coat. 2012 New Yorker 26 Mar. 56/2 Neilson was dressed in jeans, Converse sneakers, and a cardigan sweater. Derivatives ˈcardiganed adj. wearing a cardigan.Originally and frequently with prefixed adjective specifying the colour, fit, etc., of the cardigan. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > other kirtled1637 untuckered1713 jerkined1777 tabarded1837 doubleted1858 cardiganed1871 blouse-clad1892 saronged1934 sari'd1958 sweatshirted1977 1871 Good Words Jan. 246/1 The white-faced, brown-Cardiganed, short-aproned, used-up-looking waiters regard the unprofitable visitors as sulkily as they dare. 1936 Berkshire Evening Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 19 Sept. 6/1 You may be belted; or cardiganed; or caped (long or short); or one-pieced, or even tuniced. 2004 Guardian 3 Dec. (Friday Review section) 24/6 Here is the quintessentially English king of baggy-cardiganed, bed-sit bound sensitivity. 2011 Church Times 19 Aug. 23/3 [He] speaks from his armchair, a kindly cardiganed figure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856 |
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