Collar



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 衣领; 戴在动物颈部的项圈
• ［英］ n. 衣领 ( band round the neck of a shirt)
• ［记］ 来自词根: coll ( 脖子)
• ［同］ 近形词: dollar ( 美圆) ; cellar ( 地窖)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English coler, from Anglo-French, from Latin collare, from collum neck; akin to Old English heals neck, and probably to Old English hwēol wheel — more at wheel
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a band, strip, or chain worn around the neck: as
  • a. a band that serves to finish or decorate the neckline of a garment
  • b. a short necklace
  • c. a band placed about the neck of an animal
  • d. a part of the harness of draft animals fitted over the shoulders and taking strain when a load is drawn
  • e. an indication of control ; a token of subservience
  • f. a protective or supportive device (as a brace or cast) worn around the neck
  • g. clerical collar
• 2. something resembling a collar in shape or use (as a ring or round flange to restrain motion or hold something in place)
• 3. any of various animal structures or markings similar to a collar
• 4. an act of collaring ; arrest, capture
• ? collared adjective
• ? collarless adjective

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1613
• 1.
  • a. to seize by the collar or neck
  • b. arrest, grab
  • c. to get control of ; preempt <we can collar nearly the whole of this market — Roald Dahl
  • d. to stop and detain in unwilling conversation <collar the guest of honor
• 2. to put a collar on <collar a dog

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