| 单词 |
zoot |
| 释义 |
zoot U.S. slang.|zuːt|
[See zoot suit.]
1. A zoot suit.
1965‘Malcolm X’ Autobiogr. iv. 59, I saw some of the real Roxbury hipsters eyeing my zoot. 1973C. Himes Cotton gonna kill me Yet in Black on Black 196 This George Brown was strictly an icky, drape-shaped in a fine brown zoot with a pancho conk slicker'n mine. 1973T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow ii. 246 Where'd you get that zoot you're wearing, there?
2. Comb. zoot-shirt, a (brightly coloured) shirt designed to be worn with a zoot suit.
1959A. Fullerton Yellow Ford viii. 95 He wore a multi-coloured zoot shirt. 1961Times 8 Mar. 14/7 For men students..zoot shirts..are banned.
Hence ˈzooty a., in the style of a zoot suit; (strikingly) fashionable, ‘sharp’.
1946Mezzrow & Wolfe Really the Blues iv. xvi. 313 Colored kids..work on their dungarees, pegging the legs till they're real sharp and zooty. 1952Amer. Speech XXVII. 20 What the zootie character and the dude have in common is an overfastidious regard for clothing. 1964S. Bellow Herzog 240 Her lover, too, with long jaws and zooty sideburns. 1974Listener 8 Aug. 166/1 The suits were..the zooty type—that's the American style of suiting with a straw hat. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容：
相关热词搜索：zoot英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
字词 踏旋器 释义 【医】 tread-mill 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本涵盖了全......