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单词 serge
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Definition of serge in English:

serge

noun səːdʒsərdʒ
mass noun
  • A durable twilled woollen or worsted fabric.

    as modifier a heavy serge coat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Eighteen-year-olds in rough serge uniforms with rusting weapons will bleed to death in the dirt.
    • The period saw the transition of British Army uniform from red wool serge coats to khaki cotton, and gaiters were replaced by puttees.
    • She wore a navy serge skirt, white silk blouse, saxe blue cardigan, and a yard of broad saxe blue ribbon at either end of her waist-long plait.
    • It is worn with the fermizi, a jacket of velvet or serge with long sleeves that is thrown over the back; waist-high white stockings; and a shirt with wide sleeves made of cotton, muslin, or silk.
    • Made in 1957 for my grandfather, constructed out of naval serge and cut by a master at Thresher and Glenny, it's a dazzling bit of three-piece craftsmanship.
    • All the proud fathers were dressed to kill in their three-piece serge suits and trilby felt hats perched to one side.
    • She had her hair twisted into knots at the back of her head and she was dressed in a black serge with grey satin.
    • ‘We trust that we are not pushed back into the serge uniforms of the past in line with this apparent fashion trend,’ he says.
    • The part I love best was when the wall fell directly in front of the greaseball selling a black serge suit to a minister, laying it on thick about the quality of the goods and what a saving the minister would make.
    • How much of a rebel can you be in an ugly blue serge skirt with stiff box-pleats?
    • Few schools had a special uniform for summer, so the girls remember having to go tramping in the heat in serge gym frocks and white blouses and regulation footwear.
    • About forty girls gathered at the station or tram stop wearing our navy box-pleated serge tunics, ties and blazers; we were permitted to remove our Panama hats when out of sight of houses.
    • For the men it was the rough serge trousers with the obligatory braces and, of course, the caipin!
    • Dewey and Suze sat in the back seat, a foot or so of black serge between them.
    • It was at Ballantynes that my mother bought my school uniforms including navy serge gym frocks, felt and panama hats, monogrammed hat bands and blazers, and of course, summer and winter gloves!
    • Add pyjamas, sweater, serge uniform, flying boots, scarf, flying jacket, helmet and goggles, harness and parachute and it becomes a tight fit.
    • Because you couldn't put clean everything on every day, and couldn't wash serge habits every week, so they got very hot.
    • By the end of the next day, they had shaved off her blonde curls, taken away her clothes, dressed her in a regulation serge frock, apron and tippet, and hung a tag around her neck with her name engraved on it.
    • He paid £5.5.0 for a serge suit.
    • He was the ship's tailor and could turn a serge uniform inside out to renew its appearance.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French sarge, from a variant of Latin serica (lana) 'silken (wool)', from sericus (see silk).

Rhymes

converge, dirge, diverge, emerge, merge, purge, scourge, splurge, spurge, submerge, surge, urge, verge
 
 

Definition of serge in US English:

serge

nounsərjsərdʒ
  • A durable twilled woolen or worsted fabric.

    as modifier a heavy serge coat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For the men it was the rough serge trousers with the obligatory braces and, of course, the caipin!
    • Few schools had a special uniform for summer, so the girls remember having to go tramping in the heat in serge gym frocks and white blouses and regulation footwear.
    • By the end of the next day, they had shaved off her blonde curls, taken away her clothes, dressed her in a regulation serge frock, apron and tippet, and hung a tag around her neck with her name engraved on it.
    • The part I love best was when the wall fell directly in front of the greaseball selling a black serge suit to a minister, laying it on thick about the quality of the goods and what a saving the minister would make.
    • ‘We trust that we are not pushed back into the serge uniforms of the past in line with this apparent fashion trend,’ he says.
    • Add pyjamas, sweater, serge uniform, flying boots, scarf, flying jacket, helmet and goggles, harness and parachute and it becomes a tight fit.
    • Because you couldn't put clean everything on every day, and couldn't wash serge habits every week, so they got very hot.
    • It is worn with the fermizi, a jacket of velvet or serge with long sleeves that is thrown over the back; waist-high white stockings; and a shirt with wide sleeves made of cotton, muslin, or silk.
    • About forty girls gathered at the station or tram stop wearing our navy box-pleated serge tunics, ties and blazers; we were permitted to remove our Panama hats when out of sight of houses.
    • Made in 1957 for my grandfather, constructed out of naval serge and cut by a master at Thresher and Glenny, it's a dazzling bit of three-piece craftsmanship.
    • The period saw the transition of British Army uniform from red wool serge coats to khaki cotton, and gaiters were replaced by puttees.
    • It was at Ballantynes that my mother bought my school uniforms including navy serge gym frocks, felt and panama hats, monogrammed hat bands and blazers, and of course, summer and winter gloves!
    • She had her hair twisted into knots at the back of her head and she was dressed in a black serge with grey satin.
    • He was the ship's tailor and could turn a serge uniform inside out to renew its appearance.
    • She wore a navy serge skirt, white silk blouse, saxe blue cardigan, and a yard of broad saxe blue ribbon at either end of her waist-long plait.
    • He paid £5.5.0 for a serge suit.
    • How much of a rebel can you be in an ugly blue serge skirt with stiff box-pleats?
    • Dewey and Suze sat in the back seat, a foot or so of black serge between them.
    • Eighteen-year-olds in rough serge uniforms with rusting weapons will bleed to death in the dirt.
    • All the proud fathers were dressed to kill in their three-piece serge suits and trilby felt hats perched to one side.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French sarge, from a variant of Latin serica (lana) ‘silken (wool)’, from sericus (see silk).

 
 
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