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Shoulder-length describes hair that comes down to the shoulders and then stops — not a short crop, not hair down the back. You will almost always hear it with hair: shoulder-length hair. It is a calm, ordinary dressing-room word, not slang and not technical.
Shoulder-length describes說的是 comes down to the shoulders垂到肩膀 and then stops就停住的 hair頭髮 — not a short crop不是俐落的短髮, not hair down the back也不是披到背後的長髮。 You你 almost always幾乎總是 with hair和 hair 一起 hear it聽到它: shoulder-length hair齊肩的頭髮。 It它 is是 a calm, ordinary dressing-room word一個平常、日常的更衣間用語, not slang不是俚語 and not technical也不是術語。
Though actually, people use it loosely. Hair a little above or a little below the shoulder still gets the label, because nobody brings a ruler.
Though actually不過其實, people大家 use it loosely用得滿鬆的。 a little above or a little below the shoulder比肩膀高一點或低一點的 Hair頭髮 still仍然 gets the label會得到這個標籤, because因為 nobody沒有人 brings a ruler會帶一把尺來量。
You can say her hair is shoulder-length, or she has shoulder-length hair. Other length-words copy the pattern, but this one stays with hair.
You你 can say可以說 her hair is shoulder-length她的頭髮是齊肩的, or she has shoulder-length hair或她留著一頭齊肩的頭髮。 Other length-words其他表示長度的字 copy the pattern也照這個模式造, but但 this one這一個 stays with hair只跟頭髮待在一起。
It does not mean “how long your shoulder is,” as if you were measuring the bone.
It它 does not mean不是指 “how long your shoulder is”「你的肩膀有多長」, as if就好像 you你 were measuring在量 the bone那根骨頭似的。
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。
shoulder-lengthadj
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businessclothingfashionReaching the shoulders.
- With her shoulder-length platinum blonde hair, she was easy to spot from afar.
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。