open-kneed

短语

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having wide legs and reaching below the knees but higher than the ankles (not tied or closed at the knees).

    历史

    1703, Politica (pseudonym), The Levellers: A Dialogue between Two Young Ladies, concerning Matrimony, London: J. How, in The Harleian Miscellany, London: Robert Dutton, 1811, Volume 12, p. 213, The coat-sleeves were gloriously cut and slashed, small buttons on the coat, a little bigger than pease; the pockets about a handful below the knees, the breeches were open-kneed, a great deal wider than a Flanderkin’s trousers, hung all around with abundance of little ribbons.