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bikini

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes, Swimming
bi·ki·ni /bəˈkiːni/ ●●○ noun [countable]  bikini.jpg DCCDSSa set of clothes worn by women for swimming, which consists of a top part covering the breasts, and a bottom part 比基尼式游泳衣,三点式泳装
Examples from the Corpus
bikiniBut he was wearing a bikini, a pink bikini with big black spots all over it.Not once, even in the most remote spots and island hideaways, has Diana forgotten to put on her bikini top.A skinny blond in a blue-and-white-striped bikini sprayed himself with water from a plastic plant-mister.Paul just knows it ... Claire tries on the bikini instead.It is her first one not published in January, and the first to deal specifically with the bikini in mind.Busty women in tiny bikinis passed out fliers for this show or that one.
Origin bikini (1900-2000) French Bikini Atoll, after a nuclear bomb test was held there in 1946
bi·ki·ni nounChineseSyllable
worn swimming, by which a set women clothes Corpus for of


bikini
bikini /bəˈkiːni, bɪˈkiːni/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: French
 Origin: Bikini Atoll, after a nuclear bomb test was held there in 1946

a set of clothes worn by women for swimming, which consists of a top part covering the breasts, and a bottom part


bi·kiniBrE /bɪˈkiːni/ 🔊NAmE /bɪˈkiːni/ 🔊 nouna piece of clothing in two pieces that women wear for swimming and lying in the sun 比基尼泳装