| 单词 | collar |
| 释义 | collar n. & v. --n 1. the part of a shirt, dress, coat, etc., that goes round the neck, either upright or turned over. 2. a band of linen, lace, etc., completing the upper part of a costume. 3. a band of leather or other material put round an animal's (esp. a dog's) neck. 4. a restraining or connecting band, ring, or pipe in machinery. 5. a coloured marking resembling a collar round the neck of a bird or animal. 6. Brit. a piece of meat rolled up and tied. --vtr. 1. seize (a person) by the collar or neck. 2. capture, apprehend. 3. colloq. accost. 4. sl. take, esp. illicitly. Phrases and idioms collar-beam a horizontal beam connecting two rafters and forming with them an A-shaped roof-truss. collar-bone either of two bones joining the breastbone and the shoulder-blades. collared dove a dove, Streptopelia decaoto, having distinct neck-markings. Derivatives collared adj. (also in comb.). collarless adj. Etymology: ME f. AF coler, OF colier, f. L collare f. collum neck |
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