cardigan
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++car·di·gan /ˈkɑːdɪɡən $ ˈkɑːr-/ ●●● S3 (also cardigan sweater American English) noun [countable] DCCa sweater similar to a short coat, fastened at the front with buttons or a zip 开襟羊毛衫
Examples from the Corpus
cardigan• If I do another cardigan in this way I shall do two or even three lines on the sewing machine.• He was wearing a browny beige cardigan.• Navy woollen bolero cardigan with large paisley wool embroidery, £42.99.• But even the most recalcitrant could embrace one of the chesterfields or comfy cardigans.• Danskin reached inside his gray cardigan arid removed a pistol.• She smoked cheap cigars, and the ash lay on her cardigans like catkins.• She had a variety of cardigans and other woollies.• Below the cardigan she wore a crumpled orange skirt almost to the floor, and black boots.Origin cardigan (1800-1900) Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868), British soldiercar·di·gan nounChineseSyllable
sweater fastened at a coat, to similar a short Corpus the
cardigan
car‧di‧gan /ˈkɑːdɪɡən $ ˈkɑːr-/
(also ˈcardigan ˌsweater American English) noun [countable]
car‧di‧gan /ˈkɑːdɪɡən $ ˈkɑːr-/
(also ˈcardigan ˌsweater American English) noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868), British soldier
a sweater similar to a short coat, fastened at the front with buttons or a zip
Origin: Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868), British soldier
