| 词汇 | breeches |
| 释义 | breeches noun[ plural ] uk /ˈbrɪtʃ.ɪz//ˈbriː.tʃɪz/ us /ˈbrɪtʃ.ɪz//ˈbriː.tʃɪz/(US alsobritches) trousers that do not cover the whole of the leg: 半长裤，马裤 riding breeches马裤 a pair of breeches一条半长裤 Compare knickerbockers Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo Trousers bell-bottomed bell-bottoms Bermuda shorts blue jeans bootcuts daisy dukes denim drainpipe dress pants dungarees knickerbockers knickers lederhosen leggings Levi's stirrup pants stride tracksuit bottoms trews trousers breeches | American Dictionarybreeches plural noun (alsobritches)us/ˈbrɪtʃ·əz/ pants: She pulled on her riding breeches and got into her boots. Examples of breechesbreeches Could a gentleman be in fashion without wearing breeches? They also bit me freely through white canvas leggings and khaki breeches. Breeches divided the leg into two segments, which militated against the smooth, long line to which nineteenth-century viewers were accustomed. He has donned his sky-blue coat, made for the occasion; white silk waistcoat broidered with silver, black silk breeches, white stockings, shoe-buckles of gold. One might also mention the more mysterious bear's breeches in this respect. The breeches were too tight to be worn constantly with any real comfort, he explained. By 1900, sidesaddle was still more popular than cross-saddle riding, and breeches did not become more popular than skirts until about 1910. However practical they might be, a woman had to conceal her breeches until the second decade of the twentieth century. A lodger who worked for a sugar refiner had stolen from his room a cloth coat, a satin waistcoat, worsted stockings and leather breeches. Though the viewer sees the surface of the skirt, she knows that the tightly-fitting, masculine breeches are lurking beneath this proper façade. Perhaps we (who work on gender and colonialism) are getting too big for our breeches and our punishment has been to be cast out of the well-established guilds of historians. Usta et al119 compared the outcome of 297 deliveries of known breech pregnancies with 356 previously undiagnosed breeches, and found no significant difference in perinatal outcome. The requirement to rescue stranded mariners by breeches buoy has been replaced by the greater availability of all-weather helicopters and fast lifeboats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 During the five-year period, 1983–1987 inclusive, throughout the coastguard service, rescue was effected by breeches buoy equipment on two occasions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the helicopter had been unable to lift off the three men, a breeches buoy was the only very risky possible alternative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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