collar
n
1 band, upright or folded over, round the neck of a shirt, coat, dress, etc 衣領
turn one's collar up against the wind, ie to keep one's neck warm 豎起領子擋風
grab sb by the collar 抓住某人的領子
[attrib 作定語]
What is your collar size? 你的衣領尺寸是多少?
a stiff collar, ie a starched detachable one, worn with a shirt 硬領(漿過的可卸下的領子). =>illus at jacket 見jacket之插圖.
2 band of leather, metal, etc put round an animal's (esp a dog's) neck 戴在動物(尤指狗)頸部的項圈
Our dog has its name on its collar. 我們的狗的項圈上有它的名字.
3 metal band or ring joining two pipes, rods or shafts, esp in a machine (連接兩條管、 桿或軸的)圈; 箍(尤指機器中的).
4 (idm 習語) hot under the collar => hot. collar, v [Tn]
(a) seize (sb) by the collar; capture 揪住(某人)的領子; 捉住; 拉住
The policeman collared the thief. 警察把小偷捉住了.
(infml 口) She collared me (ie stopped me in order to talk to me) as I was leaving the building. 我正要離開大樓時, 她把我拉住了(和我談話).
(b) (dated infml 舊, 口) take (sth) without permission 未經允許拿走(某物); 竊取; 偷走
Who's collared my pen? 誰拿走我的鋼筆了?
*['k?l?]n. 衣領, 頸圈vt. 控制, 扭住衣領, 給...裝上領子【醫】 頸圈; 假牙頸相關詞組: slip the collar grasp sb by the collar make a collar on sb against the collar be hot under the collar in the collar