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boiler suit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes
ˈboiler suit noun [countable]  British EnglishDCC a piece of loose clothing like trousers and a shirt joined together, that you wear over your clothes to protect them 〔衣裤相连的〕工作服 overalls
Examples from the Corpus
boiler suitNew husband Guy Ritchie looked on wearing a blue boiler suit and trainers.One wears a blue boiler suit with a white logo.Overalls: Full bodied boiler suit style overalls are sufficient protection for most activities.It may have been the way the exhaust pipe stained his boiler suit.Beneath the boiler suit Morpurgo wore a shirt and tie.
ˈboiler suit nounChineseSyllable
like trousers a loose clothing piece of Corpus


boiler suit
ˈboiler suit noun [countable]
British English a piece of loose clothing like trousers and a shirt joined together, that you wear over your clothes to protect them ⇨ overalls


boiler suitBrE /ˈbɔɪlə suːt/ 🔊, /ˈbɔɪlə sjuːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbɔɪlər suːt/ 🔊 noun (especially BrE) (NAmE usually cov·er·alls) a piece of clothing like trousers/pants and a jacket in one piece, worn for doing dirty work 连衫裤工作服   compare overall noun (2)