| 单词 |
pull-over |
| 释义 |
ˈpull-over
[f. phr. to pull over: see pull v.]
1. The action or an act of pulling over or from side to side; also attrib. or as adj. having the function of pulling over.
1894Westm. Gaz. 10 Jan. 6/1 The overhead line is on one side of the street only, there are no cross or pull-over wires.
2. A gap in the coast sand-hills where vehicles can be pulled over to the beach; a cart-road over a sea-bank. local (Eastern counties).
1883Lincoln Chron. 16 Mar., The sea swept over the pull-over at Sutton. c1900E. P[eacock] in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., There is a broad, but very heavy pull-over opposite the New Inn and Vine Hotels at Skegness.
3. Hat-making. A silk or felt cover or nap drawn over a hat body; also, a hat so made.
1875in Knight Dict. Mech.
4. (Usu. as one word.) Used attrib. or absol. to designate articles of clothing that are put on by drawing them over the head; spec. (chiefly in absol. use) a knitted or woven garment for the upper part of the body; a jumper or jersey.
1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 320c/1 The ‘Pullover’ Storm Coat..is especially designed without any opening when in wear, and, being made without a rubber neck, entirely obviates any discomfort in pulling the garment on or off over the head. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 6 Apr. 4/5 (Advt.), Another lot of these smart Wool Pull-Over Sweaters to sell at $2.98. 1925Westm. Gaz. 28 Apr. 3 The vogue of the Pullover has supplanted the waistcoat for golf. 1930Daily Tel. 9 Apr. 15/1 (Advt.), Attractive three-piece suit in tweedknit..designed with..new tuck-in pullover finely woven to tone with suit. 1940Graves & Hodge Long Week-End iii. 42 Most women in 1919 were wearing jumpers, knitted by themselves as a relief from ‘socks for soldiers’; and soon afterwards men, too, began to adopt them under the name of ‘pull-over’. 1967N. Freeling Strike Out 82 The young man was..darning the worn elbow of a pullover. 1977New Yorker 10 Oct. 124/3 (Advt.), Pullover Dress. A most cozy dress in thick pure cotton flannel, brushed inside and out, long known for its wearing qualities.
Hence ˈpullovered a., wearing a pullover.
1926Daily Chron. 13 May 2/2 ‘I'll be sorry to leave the old bus tonight,’ said the plus foured pull-overed youth at the wheel of the ‘General’ yesterday afternoon. 1977Film & Television Technician Jan. 10/3 (caption) Making whoopee at the fun-packed Animation Social..[were] pullovered Animation Section Chairman, Barry Merritt, Joe Telford and journal editor Roy Lockett. |
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