coat: [13] Coat seems originally to have signified a sort of short close-fitting cloth tunic with sleeves, worn by men. Over the centuries fashion has lengthened the garment, and its male exclusivity has disappeared (originally, as a woman’s garment a coat was a skirt, a sense preserved in petticoat). The word is of Germanic origin (it has been traced back to Frankish *kotta), but it reached English via Old French cote.
coat (n.)
early 14c., "outer garment," from Old French cote "coat, robe, tunic, overgarment," from Frankish *kotta "coarse cloth" or some other Germanic source (compare Old Saxon kot "woolen mantle," Old High German chozza "cloak of coarse wool," German Kotze "a coarse coat"), of unknown origin. Transferred to animal's natural covering late 14c. Extended 1660s to a layer of any substance covering any surface. Spanish, Portuguese cota, Italian cotta are Germanic loan-words.
coat (v.)
late 14c., "to provide with a coat," from coat (n.). Meaning "to cover with a substance" is from 1753. Related: Coated; coating.
雙語例句
1. He cleaned the flakes away with his coat sleeve.
他用大衣袖子把碎屑撣掉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A black coat always looks smart and will never date.
黑色外套看起來總是很瀟灑，而且永遠也不會落伍。
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3. I opened my coat and let him see the belt.
我解開外衣，讓他看那條皮帶。
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4. The front door needs a new coat of paint.
前門需要刷一層新漆了。
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5. They accused him of riding on the coat-tails of the president.