| 单词 | epaulet |
| 释义 | epaulet noun[C] US(UKepaulette)us/ˌep.əˈlet/uk/ˌep.əˈlet/adecorationwornon theshoulderof apieceofclothing,especiallyon amilitarycoat,shirt, etc.  tantawat/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Decorations for clothes
Examplesofepauletepaulet At the marsh to the south of the parking lot, red-winged blackbirds staked out territories, calling from prominent perches and flashing their gaudy epaulets. FromPlain Dealer And there would be men and women out there, they would be ripping off buttons and epaulets from the bodies as souvenirs and the cars would swerve around them. FromNPR One pair of epaulets designated his rank. FromBuffalo News Certainly he could be no less than a captain in the navy, with those epaulets and sleeve-bands. FromProject Gutenberg Quite awake now, the midshipman, who had good eyes, had noticed, in spite of the darkness, the gold of the epaulets. FromProject Gutenberg The recent conquering hero, with his dashing uniform and epaulets, had become a somewhat seedy-looking individual with shoulders prematurely stooped, and shuffling gait. FromProject Gutenberg Two immortals in epaulets and sashes in the background are only wanted instead of one. FromProject Gutenberg They saw a tall, splendid, handsome man in a blue coat with buff facings, and epaulets on his shoulders. FromProject Gutenberg His coat was of superfine green cloth, heavily ornamented with gold epaulets and gold lace. FromProject Gutenberg For one part of the population crosses, decorations, epaulets, offices, prestige, power, importance, dignities began to whirl about like butterflies in a golden atmosphere. FromProject Gutenberg As he looked around for some officer, he saw a middle-sized man with mustache, wearing epaulets, who was walking behind the crowd. FromProject Gutenberg His tunic was embroidered, too, and his epaulets were heavy with gold. FromProject Gutenberg He was aiming at the resplendent figure in gold epaulets, carefully as one aims at a target, and at last he pulled the trigger. FromProject Gutenberg Near him stood his only luggage, a largeepaulet-box, of shape inexplicable to the unwarlike. FromProject Gutenberg His beard and mustache were festooned with thin slivers of ice, and his shoulders bore epaulets of frosted snow. FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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