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pareu

/pahr-ey-oo/US // ˈpɑr eɪˌu //UK // (ˈpɑːreɪˌuː) //

帕雷乌,帕雷欧,巴雷乌,帕雷奥

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : lavalava.
    • : Also pa·re·o [pahr-ey-oh, -ey-oo] /ˈpɑr eɪˌoʊ, -eɪˌu/ . a length of cloth, especially of a brightly colored print, wrapped on the body like a lavalava and worn by women as a cover-up, skirt, dress, or the like.

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Examples

  • All were garlanded with gold and crimson and orange flowers, while each wore about the hips a scarlet pareu.

  • Mr. Pottle's eyes fell on his own scarlet pareu and the brownish legs beneath it.

  • I made a tourniquet of a strip of my pareu and, with a small harpoon, 30 twisted it until the flow of blood was stopped.

  • Wrapped only in a gorgeous red pareu, I sat on the paepae of the chief's house, now become mine.

  • Nevertheless, as I smoked at ease in my pareu upon the paepae of my simple hosts I felt some misgivings rise in me.