petticoatn.
1. under garment worn by women（女人穿的）裙子。
△3H.VI.5.5.23:“That you might still have wornthe petticoat,/And ne’er(i.e. never) have stol’n(i.e. stolen) the breech from Lancaster ”你要能一直穿著女裙，不到蘭開(kāi)斯特家里偷男子褲子才好呢。
2.i.e. red petticoat of a lower woman or prostitute裙子.（指下流女人或妓女穿的）紅裙子。
△2H.IV.2.2.89(81):“At last I spied his eyes,and methought he hadmade two holes in the ale-wive’s petticoat and sopeeped through.”最后我發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的眼睛，但我以為他是在賣(mài)酒婆子的紅裙子上挖了兩個(gè)窟窿，他從窟窿里向我張望。 petticoat[?petik?ut]n.襯裙，裙子
‖ petticoat government女人當(dāng)權(quán)
petticoat influence女人影響
petticoatism n.女人統(tǒng)治 |