bloomers
美['blumɚz]
- n. 灯笼裤（bloomer的复数）
中文词源
bloomers 灯笼裤
来自美国19世纪女权运动领导者Amelia Bloomer 的名字，其促进了灯笼裤在美国的流行。某种程度上灯笼裤也是对女权的一种宣示。
英英释意
- 1. (usually in the plural) underpants worn by women;
- "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing"
英文词源
- bloomers (n.)
- 1851, named for U.S. feminist reformer Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818-1894), who promoted them. The surname is attested from c. 1200, said to mean literally "iron-worker," from Old English bloma (see bloom (n.2)).
实用场景例句
- a pair of bloomers
- 一条短灯笼裤
牛津词典
- So we mixed with some antic elements. For instance, the obese bloomers and the large collar.
- 所以其中融入了一些小丑的元素, 比如说肥大的灯笼裤,大领子.
期刊摘选
- Late bloomers are usually average guys when young.
- 大器晚成者年轻时往往业绩平平.
期刊摘选
- For daring women who didn't want to wear skirts back then, blousy bloomers symbolized freedom.
- 对当时不想穿著裙子的大胆女性来说,松垮的灯笼裤象徵著自由.
期刊摘选
- W ait patiently for them. They may be late bloomers deep thinkers – slow movers.
- 耐心地等他们. 他们也许是迟开的花朵,深遂的思想者,缓慢的行动者.
期刊摘选
- Wearing bloomers which are generally shorter in length will achieve an active style.
- 穿着长度微短的灯笼裤能显得很活泼.
期刊摘选
- She was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing.
- 她担心她的内裤走光了.
期刊摘选
- You are bidding on the bloomers and headband only.
- 您是竞标的灯笼裤和头带只.
期刊摘选
- a pair of bloomers
- 一条短灯笼裤
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