| 词汇 | waistcoat |
| 释义 | waistcoat noun[ C ] UKuk /ˈweɪs.kəʊt//ˈwes.kət/ us /ˈwes.kət//ˈweɪs.koʊt/(USvest) a piece of clothing that covers the upper body but not the arms and usually has buttons down the front, worn over a shirt西服背心;马甲 AH86/iStock/Getty Image Plus/GettyImages Coats, jackets & cloaks achkan anorak Barbour barn coat baseball jacket dinner jacket DJ donkey jacket double-breasted doublet lumber jacket mac mackintosh mantle Nehru jacket shrug single-breasted slicker smoking jacket sports jacket Examples of waistcoatwaistcoat If at all used by men, ducats (usually very few) would be on a hatband or, even more rarely, on a waistcoat chain. It is rarely worn without a waistcoat or jacket over it. Thus, through their meticulous attention to the sounding of every syllable in a word, they said neighbourhood instead of 'neighbrud', landscape instead of 'lenskip', and waistcoat instead of 'weskit'. The waistcoat and trousers were exhibited, but were without bloodstains. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was the brush for brushing down a horse; it did not attract tax; but the brush for brushing a waistcoat did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our trouble has been, how are we going to confine the great and noble art of architecture in a strait waistcoat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not considered necessary to provide life-saving waistcoats in addition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Cardigans have long sleeves and need more materials; slip-overs have no sleeves and need less material; and waistcoats are made of a different material. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not carry it around with me in my waistcoat pocket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Supposing there were a compulsory waistcoat and it were one's purpose to introduce in certain places voluntary overcoats on a wide basis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would one then retain the compulsory waistcoat provision? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It insists upon us discussing the principle in a strait waistcoat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As his victim was dying in the roadway he leaned over him and put his hand into the dying man's waistcoat pocket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They paid him his week's wages and gave him his 10 weeks' stamps to put in his waistcoat pocket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Dinner would consist of a few tablets which would be carried in the waistcoat pocket. 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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