topless
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++top·less /ˈtɒpləs $ ˈtɑːp-/ adjective DLOif a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered 〔女性〕不穿上装的，上身裸露的 topless sunbathing 上身裸露的日光浴topless bar/show (=one in which the women serving or performing are topless) 无上装酒吧/表演Examples from the Corpus
topless• Consider, by way of illustration, the example of topless.• The Richard administration's refusal to release a report commissioned by the city regarding regulation of topless bars is no exception.• They became involved in an altercation with two white men, Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz, at a topless club.• Nikita and the other topless dancers in town are worried.• No topless dancers, no hard drugs, no trial.• There is a long silence, broken only by a man belching and a topless, middle-aged woman giggling.• The former topless model took action which led to police being called when Davidson tried to get back in this week.topless bar/show• In addition to the examples mentioned above, one might also encounter a topless bar, I hear Torquay has gone topless.• The Richard administration's refusal to release a report commissioned by the city regarding regulation of topless bars is no exception.top·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
a woman is topless, if she Corpus is
topless
top‧less /ˈtɒpləs $ ˈtɑːp-/
adjectiveif a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered:
topless sunbathing
topless bar/show (=one in which the women serving or performing are topless)
▪ naked not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes - used especially when this seems rather shocking: a naked man | He got out of bed naked, and answered the telephone. | his naked chest
▪have nothing on/not have anything on to not be wearing any clothes. This phrase is very commonly used in everyday English instead of saying that someone is naked: Can you wait a minute? I've got nothing on! | The little boy didn’t have anything on when he answered the door!
▪bare used about feet, legs, arms etc that are not covered by clothes: The sand was too hot to walk on in bare feet.
▪nude naked – used especially when talking about naked people in paintings, films etc: a nude portrait of his wife
▪undressed [not before noun] not wearing any clothes, especially because you have just taken them off in order to go to bed, have a bath etc: Sara was undressed and ready for bed but Jenny was fully clothed. | Wearily she got undressed and stepped into the shower.
▪topless if a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered: a topless waitress
▪in the nude not wearing any clothes: Men and women swam together in the nude and thought nothing of it.
▪in your birthday suit informal humorous not wearing any clothes: He likes to sleep in his birthday suit. He says pyjamas are uncomfortable.
▪go commando informal humorous to not wear any underwear: In summertime, he likes to go commando.
▪in the buff informal not wearing any clothes - a very informal use: a beach where you can sunbathe in the buff
top‧less /ˈtɒpləs $ ˈtɑːp-/
adjectiveif a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered: topless bar/show (=one in which the women serving or performing are topless)
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