单词 | plus fours |
释义 | plus foursplural nounlong, baggy knickers for men, introduced before World War I and worn until the 1930s for sports activities, especially golf. Origin of plus foursFirst recorded in 1915–20; so called because four inches are added to the length of ordinary knickers to give the desired looseness OTHER WORDS FROM plus foursplus-foured, adjectiveWords nearby plus fourspluripotent, pluripresence, plurry, plus, plus cyclophoria, plus fours, plush, plushy, plus-one, plussage, plus sight Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for plus foursplus fours pl nmen's baggy knickerbockers reaching below the knee, now only worn for hunting, golf, etc Word Origin for plus foursC20: so called because the trousers are made with four inches of material to hang over at the knee Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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