topless

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open.
形容词 adj.
  1. Lacking a top. not-comparable
    — The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights.
  2. Very high; towering. not-comparable,poetic
    — Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,
  3. Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up. not-comparable
    — The council voted to allow topless swimmers on the beach.
  4. Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers. not-comparable
    — Only her closest friends knew that Jenny was working at a topless bar to help with college expenses.
副词 adv.
  1. Not wearing any clothes on the upper body. not-comparable
    — 'I saw her,' said Neptune, 'sunbaking topless.'

词形变化

toplesses plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English top
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English topless
From top + -less.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English top
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English topless
From top + -less.
词源 3
Etymology tree
English top
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English topless
From top + -less.
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