hair shirt
基本解释
- 刚毛衬衣（由毛发制成的衬衣，穿着很不舒服，在过去曾被人穿在身上作为因宗教理由对自己的惩罚）。
同根派生
英汉例句
- When my wife finds out about where I was last night I'll have to wear a hair shirt for a week.
如果我妻子发现了我昨晚在何处，我将得做一个星期的忏悔。 - Unless supplemented by investment income they will normally clothe you only in the hair shirt of poverty, inviting death, like the Lloyd's rocking-chairers, within three years of retirement.
但是，如果没有充足的投资收入，这些社会保障和退休金只是贫穷生活中的单薄衬衣，人们会像劳埃德保险公司描述的一样，坐在摇椅里，在退休后的3年里等待死亡。 - I put the shirt in soapy water to soak out the stain.
我将衬衫浸在肥皂水里以去除污渍。 - He pulled a red sweater on over his shirt.
他在衬衣外面套上了一件红色毛衣。 - She had her hair styled at the beauty parlor.
她的头发是在美容院做的。
英英字典
- a shirt made of cloth containing hair that feels unpleasant on the skin and was worn in the past by people who wanted to punish themselves for religious reasons