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sash

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes
sash /sæʃ/ noun [countable]  1. DCCa long piece of cloth that you wear around your waist like a belt 腰带2. DCCa long piece of cloth that you wear over one shoulder and across your chest 〔斜挂在肩上的〕绶带,肩带
Examples from the Corpus
sashHis paunch bulged over a sash.She ran a sash between her legs and waved it slow-motion through the baby spot.Both wore tiaras and sashes, which made me feel better about having put on a tie.In essence these are sash cramps without the longitudinal bar.Just look for the red sashes.She sat out on the sill to wash the windows, lowering the sash to her thighs.Blanche forced the screwdriver up into the crevice between the two halves of the sash window and heaved.Now the sun was creeping back into their lives through the sash windows.
Origin sash 1. (1500-1600) Arabic shash fine cloth2. (1600-1700) Probably from French châssis; → CHASSIS
sash nounChinese
waist you Corpus cloth a of around your wear long that piece


sash
sash /sæʃ/ noun [countable]
 Sense 1
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Arabic
 Origin: shash 'fine cloth'
 Sense 2
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: Probably from French châssis; chassis
1. a long piece of cloth that you wear around your waist like a belt
2. a long piece of cloth that you wear over one shoulder and across your chest


sashBrE /sæʃ/ 🔊NAmE /sæʃ/ 🔊 nouna long strip of cloth worn around the waist or over one shoulder, especially as part of a uniform (尤指制服的)腰带,肩带,饰带either of a pair of windows, one above the other, that are opened and closed by sliding them up and down inside the frame (垂直推拉窗任何一扇的)窗扇