kilt

kilt
noun
  1. a knee-length skirt of pleated tartan cloth, traditionally worn by men as part of Scottish Highland dress and now also worn by women and girl
    苏格兰方格呢短裙
verb
  1. [with obj.]gather (a garment or material) in vertical pleats
    使(衣服、材料)起褶
    [as adj. kilted]kilted skirts.
    褶裙。
    ■(kilt something up)tuck up skirts around the body
    撩起裙子
派生
kilted
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'tuck up around the body'): of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish kilte (op) 'tuck (up') and Old Norse kilting 'a skirt'. The noun dates from the mid 18th cent
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