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tunic

/too-nik, tyoo-/US // ˈtu nɪk, ˈtyu- //UK // (ˈtjuːnɪk) //

外衣,长衫,上衣,外套

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
    • : a gownlike outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes belted, worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
    • : a woman's upper garment, either loose or close-fitting and extending over the skirt to the hips or below.
    • : a garment with a short skirt, worn by women for sports.
    • : Ecclesiastical. a tunicle.
    • : Anatomy, Zoology. any covering or investing membrane or part, as of an organ.
    • : Botany. an integument, as that covering a seed.

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Examples

  • The technique is not native to these communities, but the designs draw from ones long used for huipils, the traditional tunics worn in the region since pre-Columbian times.

  • The typical habit for a nun was a, “long-sleeved tunic, reaching the floor and no décolleté, showing,” Campagnol says.

  • Then Foley was shown on his knees, his body erect—even proud—clad in an orange tunic with no collar, and his head shaved.

  • In Luke, he says, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, bag, bread, or money – not even an extra tunic” (Luke 9:3).

  • He officiates over the rite in purple stole over a simple tunic.

  • According to Bissonnette, bin Laden was wearing a sleeveless white T-shirt, loose tan pants, and a tan tunic.

  • Even with his tunic ripped down the front, he gave the impression of making it his life business to be neat.

  • He had been buried in the vestments peculiar to his office, viz., the alb and tunic.

  • Down below, Sara Lee sat with Henri's ragged tunic on her lap and stitched carefully.

  • Henri did not appear, though she had sent what she suspected was his only tunic back to him neatly mended at five o'clock.

  • From his neck to his heels he was smeared with mud, and his tidy tunic was torn into ragged holes.