clad
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++clad /klæd/ adjective literary 1 WEAR CLOTHESwearing a particular kind of clothing 穿〔某种〕衣服的clad in She felt hot, despite being clad only in a thin cotton dress. 她虽然只穿了件薄薄的棉布连衣裙，但还是觉得热。warmly/suitably/scantily clad (=dressed warmly etc) 穿得暖和的/得体的/单薄的2 snow-clad/ivy-clad etc literary COVERcovered in a particular thing 积雪覆盖的/爬满常春藤的等 an armour-clad ship 装甲舰
Examples from the Corpus
warmly/suitably/scantily clad• I blushed, got on my bicycle, went home and returned more suitably clad.• One opened her coat to reveal a scantily clad body.• Thomas Tripp, the milkman in Camberwwk Green, was never lured indoors by a scantily clad female customer.• Or they air-brushed a buxom, scantily clad medieval woman standing in front of a wall of flames.• The lesson of Trafalgar Square 2000 was that 3000 fearless anarchists were kept in check by one scantily clad show-off.• Sometimes clothing was provided also for them to be suitably clad to take up their work.• On either side of him are scantily clad voluptuous females, a blonde and a brunette.• A tuxedo-clad Madonna opened the show with a gender-bending song-and-dance number with three scantily clad women in a brothel-style atmosphere.Origin clad (1200-1300) Old past participle of clotheclad adjectiveChinese
kind of wearing clothing Corpus particular a
clad
clad /klæd/
adjective literary
clad in
She felt hot, despite being clad only in a thin cotton dress.
warmly/suitably/scantily clad (=dressed warmly etc)
2. snow-clad/ivy-clad etc covered in a particular thing:
an armour-clad ship
clad /klæd/
adjective literary Date: 1200-1300
Origin: Old past participle of clothe
1. wearing a particular kind of clothingOrigin: Old past participle of clothe
clad in
warmly/suitably/scantily clad (=dressed warmly etc)
2. snow-clad/ivy-clad etc covered in a particular thing:
usually