英:[ˈweɪskəʊt]
美:[ˈwɛskɪt, ˈwestˌkot]
英:[ˈweɪskəʊt]
美:[ˈwɛskɪt, ˈwestˌkot]
waist·coat
we skt [or] weIst kot
复数:waistcoats
waistcoated (adj.)
noun
a close-fitting, sleeveless, waist-length garment for women, usu. worn under a suit jacket.
(chiefly British) a waist-length, fitted, sleeveless, and usu. collarless garment, usu. worn over a shirt or blouse and often under a jacket; vest.
a sleeveless garment for men, formerly worn under a doublet.
1510年代,来自 waist + coat(n.)。
The first known use of waistcoat was in 1519
waitpersonnoun
a waiter or waitress
wait-listverb
to put on a waiting list
wait-listverb
to put on a waiting list
wait1 of 2verb
to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something : await wait for orders
wait your turn
to pause to let someone catch up
hey, wait for me
postpone, delay
wait dinner for a guest
to serve as a waiter or waitress wait at a luncheon
wait tables
wait2 of 2noun
a hidden position : ambush—used chiefly in the expression lie in wait
a state of watchful expectation
an act or period of waiting
a long wait in line
waiternoun
one that waitsespecially: a person who waits tables (as in a restaurant)
wait1 of 2verb
to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something : await wait for orders
wait your turn
to pause to let someone catch up
hey, wait for me
postpone, delay
wait dinner for a guest
to serve as a waiter or waitress wait at a luncheon
wait tables
wait2 of 2noun
a hidden position : ambush—used chiefly in the expression lie in wait
a state of watchful expectation
an act or period of waiting
a long wait in line
wait1 of 2verb
to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something : await wait for orders
wait your turn
to pause to let someone catch up
hey, wait for me
postpone, delay
wait dinner for a guest
to serve as a waiter or waitress wait at a luncheon
wait tables
wait2 of 2noun
a hidden position : ambush—used chiefly in the expression lie in wait
a state of watchful expectation
an act or period of waiting
a long wait in line
waistlinenoun
waist sense 1a
body circumference at the waist
the part of a garment surrounding the waist
waistnoun
the usually narrowed part of the body between the chest and hips
the narrow front part of the abdomen of some insects (as a wasp)
the central portion of something that is usually thinner or narrower than the ends the waist of a violin
the waist of a ship
a garment or the part of a garment that covers the body from the neck to the waist
waistcoatnoun
vest entry 2 sense 1
1 If I am remembering correctly, he wore a silk cravat overflowing a grosgrain waistcoat from his London tailor.
2 His nonchalance is belied by his split lip, swollen eye, and the blood dotting the front of his waistcoat.
3 A man's three-piece suit includes a jacket, trousers, and a waistcoat.
男人的三件套服装包括上衣、长裤和背心。
4 Take off that coat and waistcoat of yours; you're fat enough as it is.
脱掉你的外衣和背心;你这样已经够胖的了。
5 Before emerging from cover, I made sure my shirttails and tzitzis were tucked in and smoothed down my shirt and waistcoat.
6 He took off his party clothes, folded up and wrapped in tissue-paper his embroidered silk waistcoat, and put it away.
7 Now the waistcoat; aha right again!
再请穿上背心, 啊哈,又很合适.
8 Here, carter, help him on with his waistcoat.
来,卡特,帮他穿上背心。
9 “They like it when you pick them out for special favors at night. It keeps them happy, and ...” He paused to flick a speck off his waistcoat.
10 Her characters, dressed in waistcoats and bonnets, were rendered with meticulous attention to anatomical detail, an outgrowth of Potter’s long interest in natural science.
11 Inside the traditional Dracula waistcoat, he wore a pink Lacoste shirt.
12 The button-down—along with Darcy’s boots, moleskin breeches and velvet waistcoat—went for more than twice the pre-sale estimate of £10,000 pounds ($12,700), according to Kerry Taylor Auctions.
13 A red waistcoat, marking her as a Second Assistant Librarian.
红色马甲, 意味着她是二级图书管理员助理.
14 The runner had already moved to the side, but her tattered waistcoat was not done up.
车夫已经让开道,但伊的破棉背心没有上扣。
15 I unbuttoned my waistcoat and the first two buttons of my shirt to provide some relief.
16 The checks in the waistcoat are but the wires of the cage.
背心上的方格子不过是笼子上的铜丝而已。
17 He paused, fingers on the buttons of his waistcoat, his look distant, almost dreamy.
18 I caught Joe with his hand in my waistcoat, and snagged his wrist just as he began to take my pocket watch.
19 We begged—we remonstrated—and, at last, he agreed to take Dr. Trefusis’s silk waistcoat, ruined as it was, in payment.
20 “Just look at the state I’m in. And it was my best coat and waistcoat, too.”