peruke
/puh-rook/US // pəˈruk //UK // (pəˈruːk) //
珀克,珀尔克,珀科,珀尔科
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a man's wig of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually powdered and gathered at the back of the neck with a ribbon; periwig.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as intoupee
Examples
This statue used to be decked out on the occasion of the procession in the long peruke and neckcloth of the reign of Charles II.
There was food for greater mirth in the appearance on the road of a solitary figure in a wine-colored coat and bushy black peruke.
A shoeblack in the foreground is teaching a poodle to dance; the comical animal's head is decorated with an old peruke.
Periwig, per′i-wig, n. a peruke or small wig, usually shortened to Wig: an artificial head of hair.
Peruke, per-ūk′, or per′ūk, n. an artificial cap of hair: a periwig—also Perruque.
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