smock
英 [smɒk]
美 [smɑk]
- n. 工作服；罩衫
- vt. 給…穿上罩衫
- n. (Smock)人名；(英)斯莫克
英文詞源
- smock
- smock: [OE] Smock originally denoted a woman’s undergarment, and etymologically it may be a garment one ‘creeps’ or ‘burrows’ into. For it may be related to Old English smūgan ‘creep’ and smygel ‘burrow’ and to Old Norse smjúga ‘creep into, put on a garment’. The underlying comparison seems to be between pulling on a tight undershirt over one’s head and burrowing into a narrow space. Low German smukkelen or smuggelen, the source of English smuggle [17], may come from the same source.
=> smuggle - smock (n.)
- Old English smoc "garment worn by women, corresponding to the shirt on men," from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (cognates: Old Norse smokkr "a smock," but this is perhaps from Old English; Old High German smoccho "smock," a rare word; North Frisian smok "woman's shift," but this, too, perhaps from English).
Klein's sources, Barnhart and the OED see this as connected to a group of Germanic sm- words having to do with creeping or pressing close, such as Old Norse smjuga "to creep (through an opening), to put on (a garment)," smuga "narrow cleft to creep through; small hole;" Old Swedish smog "a round hole for the head;" Old English smugan, smeogan "to creep," smygel "a burrow." Compare also German schmiegen "to cling to, press close, nestle;" and Schmuck "jewelry, adornments," from schmucken "to adorn," literally "to dress up."
Watkins, however, traces it to a possible Germanic base *(s)muk- "wetness," figuratively "slipperiness," from PIE root*meug- "slimy, slippery" (see mucus). Either way, the original notion, then, seems generally to have been "garment one creeps or slips into," by the same pattern that produced sleeve and slip (n.2).
Now replaced by euphemistic shift (n.2); smock was the common word down to 18c., and was emblematic of womanhood generally, as in verb smock "to render (a man) effeminate or womanish" (1610s); smocker "man who consorts with women" (18c.); smock-face "person having a pale, effeminate face" (c. 1600). A smock-race (1707) was an old country pastime, a foot-race for women and girls with a smock as a prize. Modern meaning "woman's or child's loose dress or blouse" is from 1907; sense of "loose garment worn by artists over other clothes" is from 1938.
雙語例句
- 1. A girl in a red smock tripped down the hill.
- 一個身穿紅色罩衫的女孩邁著輕快的步子下山。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was wearing wool slacks and a paisley smock.
- 她穿著羊毛寬鬆褲和渦旋花紋寬袍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She wore a pink nylon smock similar to a nurse's uniform.
- 她穿著一件粉紅的尼龍罩衫,就象護士工作服一樣.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The artist's smock was covered in paint.
- 那藝術家的罩衣上沾滿了顏料.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He wore a white smock.
- 他穿著一件白大褂.
來自辭典例句