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clothes horse

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈclothes horse noun [countable]  1. British English a frame that you hang clothes on to dry indoors 〔室内的〕晾衣架2. WEAR CLOTHES American English informal a woman who is very interested in clothes and who likes to have many different clothes – used to show disapproval 购衣狂,讲究穿着的女人〔含贬义〕
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clothes horseThe fire had been sparked by a clothes horse falling on to an electric fire.She wants to be known as a workhorse and not a clothes horse.The old-fashioned clothes horse offered to children with a blanket and some clothes pegs lets them explore triangular three-dimensional shapes.There is plenty of room to work around it in safety and no clothes horse to fall over!The clothes horse was drawn up.
ˈclothes horse nounChineseSyllable
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clothes horse
ˈclothes horse noun [countable]
1. British English a frame that you hang clothes on to dry indoors
2. American English informal a woman who is very interested in clothes and who likes to have many different clothes – used to show disapproval


clothes horseBrE /ˈkləʊðz hɔːs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkloʊðz hɔːrs/ 🔊BrE /ˈkləʊz hɔːs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkloʊz hɔːrs/ 🔊 noun(BrE) a wooden or plastic folding frame that you put clothes on to dry after you have washed them 晾衣架;晒衣架(disapproving) a person, especially a woman, who is too interested in fashionable clothes 讲究衣着的人,追求时装的人(尤指女性)