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A neckerchief is a square piece of cloth that you fold — usually into a triangle — and tie around your neck. Scouts are famous for them; sailors and cowboys have worn them too, to keep the sun off or to wipe sweat. It is not a long winter scarf, and it is not a . A scarf is usually longer and for warmth; a is a long, thin, formal strip. A neckerchief is the square cloth, tied. The word is a little old-fashioned in everyday city life, but it is still the ordinary name in scouting.
領巾(童軍那種方巾)
組成neck + kerchief. A kerchief is a square of cloth — the same piece you hear in handkerchief.
同家族的字
- kerchiefthe cloth piece itself
- handkerchiefshares kerchief, the square of cloth
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
neckerchiefnoun/ˈnɛkə(ɹ)tʃɪf/
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A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
- The Boy Scout wore a red neckerchief, the ends clasped with a sliding knot ornament.
- Self-assured, peripatetic and unfailingly dapper — he favored dark double-breasted suits and the occasional neckerchief, and once made the cover of Men’s Vogue in Italy — Mr. Enwezor never doubted that an African had every right to take the lead at Western art institutions.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。