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单词 knee breeches
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Definition of knee breeches in English:

knee breeches

plural noun
archaic
  • Short trousers worn by men and fastened at or just below the knee.

    〈古〉(男人穿着的齐膝或刚好未及膝的)短裤

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Visiting Americans have always found it rather charming that public buildings are guarded by a man dressed in knee breeches and silk stockings armed with a sword, rather than a burly soldier in full body armour carrying an assault rifle.
    • Although aristocrats tended to favor powdered hair and tight-fitting knee breeches in the old style, most middle-class men wore trousers or pantaloons and kept their hair in a natural style.
    • He wore a tall black hat trimmed with gold braid, a black swallow tail coat with a white silk lining, white knee breeches and black, silver buckled shoes.

Definition of knee breeches in US English:

knee breeches

plural nounˈbrēCHiz
archaic
  • Short trousers worn by men and fastened at or just below the knee.

    〈古〉(男人穿着的齐膝或刚好未及膝的)短裤

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Visiting Americans have always found it rather charming that public buildings are guarded by a man dressed in knee breeches and silk stockings armed with a sword, rather than a burly soldier in full body armour carrying an assault rifle.
    • He wore a tall black hat trimmed with gold braid, a black swallow tail coat with a white silk lining, white knee breeches and black, silver buckled shoes.
    • Although aristocrats tended to favor powdered hair and tight-fitting knee breeches in the old style, most middle-class men wore trousers or pantaloons and kept their hair in a natural style.
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