英:['ʃɜ:tfrʌnt]
美:['ʃɜtfrʌnt]
英:['ʃɜ:tfrʌnt]
美:['ʃɜtfrʌnt]
Noun
1. the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket);
"he had spilled catsup on his shirtfront"
2. a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
The first known use of shirtfront was in 1826
1 The knife dropped from her fingers as she saw the blood streaming down his white shirtfront.
2 A person in France desirous of making a really ostentatious display of his affluence, on finding a pearl in an oyster, would swallow the pearl and wear the oyster on his shirtfront.
3 He also controversially threatened to "shirtfront" Russian leader Vladimir Putin ahead of the November G20 summit in Brisbane over the MH17 incident - but the two appeared cordial when the meeting took place.
4 It’s partly the white-stubble beard and the reading glasses dangling from his shirtfront.
5 His hair was plastered down on both cadaverous cheeks, his shirtfront was a mass of pulp, and his wet clothes clinging closely to him brought into full relief every bony angle of his figure.
6 His low-cut waistcoat disclosed that his shirtfront, ordinarily of a glossy white perfection, had fallen victim to a profuse perspiration.
7 The term "shirtfront", commonly associated with the rough and tumble of Australian football, means to target an opponent with a head-on charge aimed at bumping them to the ground.
8 I try to bend over with the pain of it but he’s still holding on to my shirtfront and the skin below.
9 "Welcome to the conference," Hodgson opened up from his spot in the centre of the FA's teetering advertising plinth, not exactly a grasp of the shirtfront, but a significant moment nonetheless for New Assertive Roy.
10 He brushed at something on his shirtfront, then walked to the door.
11 He reached inside his shirtfront and brought out a small bundle.
12 Dona Emilia, holding up the train of a clear dress, walked by the side of Dr. Monygham, in a longish black coat and severe black bow on an immaculate shirtfront.
13 The prime minister told reporters on Monday: "Look, I'm going to shirtfront Mr Putin ... you bet I am."
14 I gazed down with a frozen stare at my shirtfront, at my white waistcoat, both dark with Bortsch.
15 It consisted of a short, fashionable coat, shining shoes and very widely-open waistcoat, which showed the entire snowy shirtfront.
16 There was a final rustle of gowns, a final crackle of Sunday shirtfronts, and then a hushed silence.
17 That England were able, then, to restrict India to 259 for four in the day, fewer than three runs per over on a shirtfront, does them credit.
18 It is like a man wearing a ruffled and jeweled shirtfront, but too poor to afford a shirt itself.
19 He is a particular friend of mine; he smiles upon me; he has drooled upon my shirtfront and pulled my moustache.
20 We hiked around the formation for an hour, returning to Grandma with our shirtfronts sagging with stones.
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