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double-breasted

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes
ˌdouble-ˈbreasted adjective  DCCa double-breasted jacket, coat etc has two sets of buttons 〔夹克、大衣等〕双排纽扣的 single-breasted
Examples from the Corpus
double-breastedRather than base my lifestyle on magazine alerts and warnings, I choose to continue with my double-breasted blazer criterion.He wore a dark-blue velvet double-breasted jacket with large pearl buttons.Carlo is wearing a large, double-breasted linen jacket and non-matching royal blue linen trousers over a slate-grey T-shirt and stone shirt.Evening jackets should be double-breasted or single-breasted, with the appropriate conventional revers or lapels.All black suede shoes and double-breasted pinstripe, he seemed central casting's idea of the ideal Establishment man.The history of the double-breasted suit is not as clear.On Wall Street double-breasted suits and peaked lapels were considered a bit sharp, a bit too Garment District.
has two jacket, Corpus etc sets double-breasted a coat


double-breasted
ˌdouble-ˈbreasted adjective
a double-breasted jacket, coat etc has two sets of buttons ⇨ single-breasted


double-breast·edBrE /ˌdʌbl ˈbrestɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdʌbl ˈbrestɪd/ 🔊 adjectivea double-breasted jacket or coat has two front parts so that one part covers the other when the buttons are done up, and two rows of buttons can be seen (上衣、外套)双排纽扣的   compare single-breasted