clothes horse
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 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〕
Examples from the Corpus
clothes horse• The 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
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