单词 | glove |
释义 | glove (once / 313 pages) n A glove is a piece of clothing that you wear on your hand, to protect it or keep it warm. Most people wear a pair of gloves, unless — of course — they are imitating Michael Jackson. Cold-weather gloves are soft and warm, made from fabrics like wool, polar fleece, or leather. There are also gloves that protect the skin on your hands while you're cleaning, using chemicals, or washing dishes; and gloves that prevent the spreading of germs, worn by food handlers and health care workers. Athletes sometimes wear gloves as well, like boxing gloves or the gloves worn by hockey goalies. WORD FAMILYglove: gloveless, gloves USAGE EXAMPLESStafford said after Sunday’s loss to Green Bay that he will continue to wear a glove to protect his hand in the playoffs. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) I would recommend Gore gloves and rain jacket as they are lightweight. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) “Then there’s the problem of equipment and, periodically, lack of supplies like gloves, catheters, and cleaning tissues.” The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1n handwear: covers the hand and wrist Hypo|Hyper batting glove a glove worn by batters in baseball to give a firmer grip on the bat gantlet, gauntleta glove with long sleeve gantlet, gauntlet, metal glovea glove of armored leather; protects the hand golf glovea glove worn by golfers to give a firm grip on the handle of the golf club kid glove, suede glovea glove made of fine soft leather (as kidskin) mittenglove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together hand wear, handwear clothing for the hands 2n the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball Syn|Hyper baseball glove, baseball mitt, mitt baseball equipment equipment used in playing baseball 3n boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing Syn|Hyper boxing glove boxing equipment equipment used in boxing |
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