kilt

• n. 苏格兰式短裙
• vt. （苏格兰）卷起（群等）；给...穿短裙
• vi. 动作灵敏

来自中古英语kilten,卷，卷起，来自古诺斯语kilting,褶衫，褶裙。可能来自Proto-Germanic*kelt,子宫，来自PIE*gelt,鼓起的腹部，圆鼓鼓的，词源同child,dolphin.

kilt (n.)

"plaited tartan skirt," c. 1730, from Middle English verb kilten "to tuck up" (mid-14c.), from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish kilte op "to tuck up;" Old Norse kilting "shirt," kjalta "fold made by gathering up to the knees").

kilt (v.)

"to tuck up," mid-14c., of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte, Swedish kilta "to tuck up;" see kilt (n.). Related: Kilted; kilting.

1. I didn't fancy myself wearing a kilt.

我不想穿褶裥短裙。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He was wearing a Roman kilt and laurel wreath.

他身穿罗马人的褶叠短裙,头戴桂冠.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. What does a Scotsman wear underneath his kilt?

苏格兰男子在短裙下面穿着什麽?

来自辞典例句

4. Ah got ter git ter Tara whar dey woan fine me. Ah -- Ah done kilt a man. "

我一定要到塔拉去,我一到那里, 他们就找不着我了,我----我杀了一个人.

来自飘（部分）

5. " Miss Scarlett, it wuz dem Slatterys , dem trashy , no - good, low - down po'- w'ite Slatterys dat kilt Miss Ellen.

" 思嘉小姐, 都是斯莱特里家那些贱货, 坏透了的下流白人, 他们把爱伦小姐害死了.

来自飘（部分）