turtleneck
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tur·tle·neck /ˈtɜːtlnek $ ˈtɜːr-/ noun [countable] DCCa type of sweater with a high, close-fitting collar that covers most of your neck 高领套头毛线衫 → polo neck, v-neck →5 see picture at 见图 neck1
Examples from the Corpus
turtleneck• Cloud, a priest who wears a turtleneck.• She dressed either in blue-jeans with a black turtleneck top and black boots or in very short miniskirts.• I rub on soothing calamine lotion, then don a cotton turtleneck to keep myself from scratching.• Centre Line green silk suit, £930; yellow viscose knit turtleneck, £400; both by Gianni Versace.• Instead, I wanted to be Choo Choo, who wore a long turtleneck and spoke with a high monotone.• Bella Freud, a protege of Vivienne Westwood, unpicked the body's turtleneck, adding a white silk collar and cuffs.• Mike wore black leather biking trousers and a heavy seaman's turtleneck sweater.tur·tle·neck nounChineseSyllable
close-fitting a a Corpus collar of covers with sweater high, type that
turtleneck
tur‧tle‧neck /ˈtɜːtlnek $ ˈtɜːr-/
noun [countable]
a type of sweater with a high, close-fitting collar that covers most of your neck ⇨ polo neck, v-neck
tur‧tle‧neck /ˈtɜːtlnek $ ˈtɜːr-/
noun [countable]a type of sweater with a high, close-fitting collar that covers most of your neck ⇨ polo neck, v-neck
