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clothes-horse是什么意思

clothes-horse

['kləuz,hɔ:s]
  • n. 晾衣架

英文词源


clothes-horse (n.)
also clothes horse, "upright wooden frame for hanging clothes to dry," 1788, from clothes + horse (n.). Figurative sense of "person whose sole function seems to be to show off clothes" is 1850.

双语例句


1. Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away.
她的床收拾得很整洁,衣服也收起来了。

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2. Many of the clothes come from the world's top fashion houses.
这些服装中有很多出自世界顶级时装设计公司。

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3. His work clothes, having become saturated with oil, had to be cleaned.
他的工作服已经被油浸透,该洗洗了。

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4. He'd put his dirty laundry in the clothes basket.
他会把自己的脏衣服扔进洗衣篮里。

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5. Clothes were thrown in the luggage in an untidy heap.
衣服被乱糟糟地扔进旅行箱里。

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