shirt: [OE] A shirt, like a skirt, is etymologically a ‘short’ garment, one that stops at or just below the waist rather than reaching down to the knees or beyond. In common with Swedish skjorta and Danish skjorte, it comes from the prehistoric base *skurt-, source of English short. Shirty ‘angry’ [19] was inspired by the now defunct expression get one’s shirt out ‘lose one’s temper’ (the opposite keep one’s shirt on ‘remain calm’ survives). => share, shear, short, skirt
shirt (n.)
Old English scyrte "skirt, tunic," from Proto-Germanic *skurtjon "a short garment" (cognates: Old Norse skyrta, Swedish skjorta "skirt, kirtle;" Middle Dutch scorte, Dutch schort "apron;" Middle High German schurz, German Schurz "apron"), related to Old English scort, sceort "short," from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
Formerly of the chief garment worn by both sexes, but in modern use long only of that for men; in reference to women's tops, reintroduced 1896. Bloody shirt, exposed as a symbol of outrage, is attested from 1580s. To give (someone) the shirt off one's back is from 1771. To lose one's shirt "suffer total financial loss" is from 1935. To keep one's shirt on "be patient" (1904) is from the notion of (not) stripping down for a fight.
雙語例句
1. I went to Brooks Brothers and bought myself a decent shirt.
我去布魯克斯兄弟專賣店給自己買了一件體面的襯衫。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I undid the bottom two buttons of my yellow and grey shirt.
我解開了自己黃灰相間的襯衫上最下面的兩個紐扣。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The shirt's cuffs won't sag and lose their shape after washing.
這件襯衫的袖口洗后照樣挺括，不變形。
來自柯林斯例句
4. "Get the guy in the purple shirt." — "All right, my man."
“把那個穿紫襯衫的家伙叫過來。”——“好的，老兄。”
來自柯林斯例句
5. She wore a checked shirt tied in a knot above the navel.