wideawake

词形变化

wideawakes 复数 wideawakes

别名

wide-awake

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bird, the sooty tern.

  2. 2.

    A type of hat with a broad brim made of black or brown felt.

    历史

    1884, Henry James, "The Author of Beltraffio" in The English Illustrated Magazine 1 (9–10) (June–July 1884). "He carried his benevolence to the point of coming to meet me at the little station at which I was to alight, and my heart beat very fast as I saw his handsome face, surmounted with a soft wide-awake, and which I knew by a photograph long since enshrined upon my mantel shelf, scanning the carriage windows as the train rolled up."

    1912, Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman At The Store", from "Selected Short Stories" Wisps of white hair straggled from under his wideawake […]

相关短语

wideawake hat wideawake hats

词源

* From wide awake. * (hat): From a pun in Punch magazine, relating to the fact that the hat had no nap.

来源：wiktionary