poitrine

<法>n.(尤指女性丰满的)胸脯

发音

/ˈpɔɪ.tɹin/
/ˌpwɑˈtɹin/

词形变化

poitrines 复数 poitrines

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The breastplate of a knight's armour.

    历史
  2. 2.

    Synonym of poitrel (“chest-armor for a horse”).

  3. 3.

    Chest, bosom, especially of a woman.

    2018, Jerome Bixby, Devilish Tales: A collection of droll, teasing and very wicked fantasies, Digital Parchment Press Full red lips and a patrician nose, and a delicately formed but ample poitrine that curled Pierre's hands into iron hooks beneath the counter. "Forgive me, kind sir," she said, in a voice like music in a bedroom, […]

词源

From French poitrine or a Middle or Old French predecessor.

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