"plaited tartan skirt," c. 1730, from Middle English verb kilten "to tuck up" (mid-14c.), from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish kilte op "to tuck up;" Old Norse kilting "shirt," kjalta "fold made by gathering up to the knees").
kilt (v.)
"to tuck up," mid-14c., of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte, Swedish kilta "to tuck up;" see kilt (n.). Related: Kilted; kilting.
雙語例句
1. I didn't fancy myself wearing a kilt.
我不想穿褶裥短裙。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was wearing a Roman kilt and laurel wreath.
他身穿羅馬人的褶疊短裙,頭戴桂冠.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. What does a Scotsman wear underneath his kilt?
蘇格蘭男子在短裙下面穿著什麼?
來自辭典例句
4. Ah got ter git ter Tara whar dey woan fine me. Ah -- Ah done kilt a man. "
我一定要到塔拉去,我一到那里, 他們就找不著我了,我----我殺了一個人.
來自飄（部分）
5. " Miss Scarlett, it wuz dem Slatterys , dem trashy , no - good, low - down po'- w'ite Slatterys dat kilt Miss Ellen.