breech

FREQ #29673

n. 后膛, 臀部 vt. 给...装上炮尾, 给...穿上裤子

发音

US /bɹiːt͡ʃ/
其它
UK /bɹiːt͡ʃ/

词形变化

breeches 复数 breeches breeched breeches 三单 breeching 现在分词 breeched 过去式 breeched 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.

    定语 可数 历史 不可数
  2. 2.

    The buttocks or backside.

    古体 可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.

    可数 不可数 工程 政治 军事
  4. 4.

    The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.

    可数 不可数 航海 交通
  5. 5.

    A breech birth.

    可数 不可数 医学
v.
  1. 1.

    To beat or spank on the buttocks.

    过时 及物
  2. 2.

    To fit or furnish with a breech.

    及物

    to breech a gun

  3. 3.

    To fasten with breeching.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To cover as if with breeches.

    废旧 诗歌 及物
  5. 5.

    To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).

    过时 及物

    […] it occurred before I was breeched, and I was breeched at three years and a quarter old;

adj.
  1. 1.

    Born, or having been born, breech.

    医学
adv.
  1. 1.

    With the hips coming out before the head.

    医学

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词源

From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.

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