用法学习: 1. petulant [ˈpetjulənt] 无理取闹的 annoyed and behaving in an unreasonable way because you cannot get what you want. childishly irritable. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish. Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior. self-indulgent 任性的, 娇惯自己的, 惯着自己的, 肆意妄为的 allowing yourself to have or to do something special that you like very much, often something that you should not have or do. self-indulgence Excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs above all others. capricious [kəˈprɪʃəs] 一会儿东一会儿西的, 变来变去的, 变脸快的, 翻脸的, 摸不透脾气的, 说来就来的 suddenly and unexpectedly changing your opinion or behaviour without any good reason. Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim. I almost died in a capricious winter storm. Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously. The Mayor claimed that the action was reasonable, but in reality the action was arbitrary and capricious in nature. Usage notes: Capricious 拍大脑决策的 can describe both a person and the decisions they make. whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪk(ə)l] I. made or done for fun, not seriously. a whimsical design 随意的, 随心所欲的, 纯找乐子的, 图开心的. II. slightly strange or old-fashioned. She gave him a nod and a whimsical smile. 2. self-willed [ˌselfˈwɪld] 自有主意的, 认定不回头的, 不听劝的 very determined to do what you want to do, even though other people argue with you. will I. Will is the determination to do something. 意志. He was said to have lost his will to live. free will 自由意愿, 自由意志. someone's determination to do what is necessary to achieve what they want. strong/iron will 坚强意志, 钢铁意志: Mr Wolski had an iron will and learned to walk again. the will to do something做某事的意愿: Without the will to win, the team won't go far. battle/clash of wills想法不同, 想法冲突: a clash of wills between a manager and an employee. a. what someone wants to happen. will of: For once politicians are listening to the will of the people. against someone's will: He claims he was held in the flat against his will. impose your will on someone自己的意愿强加于人 (=make other people do what you want): She was a powerful ruler, used to imposing her will. b. [singular] an ability to make decisions and take action. This machine seems to have a will of its own自有主意, 自有想法(a mind of one's own). III. N-SING 意愿, 意旨. 懿旨. If something is the will of a person or group of people with authority, they want it to happen. He has submitted himself to the will of God. IV. 遗嘱, 遗愿. [countable] legal a legal document that explains what you want to happen to your money and possessions after you die. This is often more formally called a last will and testament. make/write a will立遗嘱: I really should make a will, just in case something happens. in someone's will: Ed's father didn't leave him anything in his will. have a mind/will of one's own 自有主意, 挺有主见, 自行其是, 不听指挥 Fig.
to be very independent, if a machine or vehicle has a mind of its own,
it does not work or move the way you want it to, as if it is
controlling itself. to be very independent 独立的. To form one's personal opinions and choose one's actions without being governed by the views or choices of others; to be independently minded; to think for oneself. There is no point in telling her what to do. She has a mind of her own. This computer's got a mind of its own - it just won't do what I ask it to. There is no point in telling her what to do. She has a mind of her own. 自有主意, 自有想法, 有主见, 有城府, 深沉
(idiomatic) To form one's personal opinions and choose one's actions
without being governed by the views or choices of others; to be
independently minded; to think for oneself. That little man has a mind of his own, and even if I do figure on his payroll作为工作 as confidential secretary,
he doesn't tell me everything he knows. Be a little audacious -
disagree on at least one thing so they know you have a mind of your own. be your own man/woman/person 独立个体, 独立人格, 自己的主人, 不受人左右, 不听别人的. 自有主意. 有主见, 不受他人左右. 自行其是. to behave in the way that you want and to not let other people influence you. Independent in judgment and action. to be in control of your life and not allow other people to tell you what to do: Nobody tells me how to live my life - I'm my own man. Despite being the daughter of two Hollywood stars, she's very much her own woman with her own acting style. Ben remains refreshingly his own man. Beth was her own woman, even back in high school. get/have one's (own) way 自己决定的, 想怎样就怎样的, 按照自己想法的 Get or do what one wants in spite of opposition: she got her way about going to art school. 3. hatch or hatch out [intransitive/transitive] if a baby bird, fish, insect etc hatches or is hatched, it comes out of its egg and is born. Mosquito larvae are hatching in the pond. Eleven chicks have been hatched since July. larvae(复数larva) [ˈlɑ:(r)və] 幼虫 a form that some insects take after they have left the egg and before they develop into their adult form. After a period of time, an insect larva changes into a pupa, inside which the adult insect develops. hatch a plan/idea 想出, 谋划出 [transitive] if you hatch something such as a plan, you plan it, especially in secret. He hatched a plan with Matt to sell things on the Internet. Which genius hatched the idea? 4. "You have my word许诺, 答应, 承诺, 得到保证" is basically the same as "I promise". However if you tell someone "You have my word on that.", you have made a statement that is more dramatic and carries more weight, emotionally. If I tell someone that somebody has broken a promise, his first reaction might be to ask what the promise was. The final judgment might depend on what was promised. However, if I say that somebody has broken their word, the first reaction would be to pass judgement on (pass judgment on somebody/something 下判断 to express a strong opinion about someone or something Don't pass judgment on the exhibit until you've seen it for yourself. Usage notes: the opinion is usually not likely to be changed. pass judgement (Of a law court or judge) give a decision concerning a defendant or legal matter: he passed judgement on the accused. Criticize or condemn someone from a position of assumed moral superiority: we're here to help, not to pass judgement 下论断, 批评谁. ) the that person's honor. The first reaction would be much stronger and more final. While this is not true in all cases, there would definitely be a tendency to put more weight on someone's word than their promise. 5. Lloyd: What are the chances of 有多大机会 a guy like me and a girl like you... ending up together? Mary: Well, that's pretty difficult to say. Lloyd: Hit me with it ( hit someone with something I. to make someone do something or experience something that is unpleasant. They may decide to hit him with a lawsuit. II. 大胆说吧, 尽管说吧, 有话直说吧, 我承受的住, 有什么说什么. 放马过来吧 to tell someone something that is unpleasant or surprising. Come on, hit me with it – what happened? I am ready for the questions, hit me with them(bring it on). give it to somebody straight to tell someone something unpleasant directly and honestly. Just give it to me straight - how badly is he hurt? straight from the shoulder Fig. very direct, without attenuation or embellishment. Okay, I'll give it to you straight from the shoulder. Right straight from the shoulder: clean out your desk; you're through. straight from the shoulder (American) if you speak straight from the shoulder, you speak directly and honestly. I gave it to him straight from the shoulder. 'You're talking garbage,' I said. )! I've come a long way to see you, Mary. The least you can do is level with me(level with someone (about someone or something) 老实说, 实话实说. 讲实话, 坦诚点. 开诚布公的说, 老实交代.
Fig. to be straightforward with someone about something; to be sincere
or truthful about someone or something. to tell someone the truth. The police encouraged the criminal to level with them about the crime. Level with me, and tell me what you thought of my cake. If our leaders don't level with us, we lose faith in our government. Usage notes: usually said about information that may be unpleasant. I'll level with you - the salary's not particularly good, and there's little chance of promotion. ). What are my chances? Mary: Not good. Lloyd: You mean, not good like one out of a hundred? Mary: I'd say more like one out of a million. Lloyd: So you're telling me there's a chance. let me have it. 尽管说吧. 放心说吧. 向我开炮吧, 我承受的住. let someone have it I. (idiomatic) To attack someone with great force. At dawn we really let 'em have it with a 30 minute artillery barrage. II. (idiomatic) To verbally assail someone. When I came home, he let me have it for wrecking the car. let someone have it (with both barrels) Fig. to strike someone or attack someone verbally. (With both barrels intensifies the phrase; it alludes to firing a double-barreled shotgun.) I really let Tom have it with both barrels. I told him he had better not do that again if he knows what's good for him. Bob was really angry and let John have it—with both barrels. plunder I. 打劫. 抢劫. =loot. to take valuable things from a place using force, sometimes causing a lot of damage. The city was plundered and burned during the war. II. to take or use something that belongs to someone else in order to give yourself an advantage. Film producers often plunder TV's most popular shows. Down Under Lyrics Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder? Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover. I come from a land down under. Where beer does flow and men chunder ( to vomit food from your stomach out of your mouth. ). Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover. 6. hoax [həuks] a trick in which someone deliberately tells people that something bad is going to happen or that something is true when it is not. PRIME Minister Tony Abbott is standing by his decision to make the Queen's husband an Australian knight despite widespread criticism. His decision was slammed as "ludicrous荒谬绝伦的" and a "time warp", with some even asking if it was an Australia Day hoax. It also sparked ridicule on social media, but Mr Abbott said he didn't pay much attention to that. "Social media is kind of like electronic graffiti and I think that in the media, you make a big mistake to pay too much attention to social media," Mr Abbott said. He said he stood by the awards. "Absolutely right. Look, the monarchy has been an important part of Australia's life since 1788," Mr Abbott said. "And Prince Philip has been a great servant of Australia, he's been a great servant of all the countries of the Commonwealth. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said Angus Houston was an excellent choice, and that his reservations 保留意见 weren't about Prince Philip, but why the Abbott Government "couldn't have picked someone who is Australian in character and activity". "We should be talking about the future. Prince Philip is distinguished ... but it's a time warp (time warp 穿越, 时光倒流 a situation in science fiction stories where people and things can move between different times. in a time warp if someone or something is in a time warp, they seem old-fashioned because they have not changed when other people and things have changed.) when we're giving knighthoods to English royalty," Mr Shorten told 3AW radio. "I've just been to citizenship functions, local breakfasts. Some people wondered if it was an Australia Day hoax. I just think people think it's an unusual priority and it's outside the Australian mainstream thinking和一般人想法不一样, 和主流想法不一样, I think, to do this." "Now to add to that, on Australia Day to nominate Prince Philip as a knight of Australia, it's just ludicrous(ludicrous extremely silly. It is ludicrous to suggest that she was a government agent. a ludicrous new regulation.)," he told ABC radio. Mr Shorten told Fairfax Radio that he originally thought the news was a hoax. 7. showcasing an emerging artist with an ambitious but still-forming vision 尚未成型的. ambitious but not roofless无止境的, 无边无沿的, 无休无止的. roofless ambition. racial background是asian, Caucasian. ancestry 指哪个国家的. [ˈænsestri] the people related to you who lived a long time ago. They could trace their ancestry back to the 16th century. His family was of Danish ancestry. chapter and verse Fig. very specifically detailed, in reference to sources of information. (A reference to the method of referring to biblical text.) He gave chapter and verse for his reasons for disputing that Shakespeare had written the play. The suspect gave chapter and verse of his associate's activities. handy I. useful a handy electronic diary. handy for: The book is handy for quick reference. be handy to do something: It's always handy to have a couple of spare batteries. handy hints/tips: The article gave lots of handy hints for decorating a small flat. II. 手边上的. 触手可及的. close to you and therefore easy to reach or get to. keep something handy: Keep your pills handy just in case you feel seasick. handy for: The hotel is handy for the beach. III. 手巧的. good at doing or making things with your hands. (dialect) dexterous(dextrous= dexterous [ˈdekst(ə)rəs]), skilful. She's very handy - she made all her own kitchen cupboards. handy with: He's very handy with a paintbrush (=good at painting). come in useful/handy to be useful for a particular situation. A big sheet of plastic always comes in handy when you're camping. where someone/something comes in what someone or something is needed for. We'll need new information systems, and that's where Steve comes in. 8. fighter jet 战斗机 A Greek fighter jet crashed on takeoff at a military airbase in Spain while taking part in NATO exercises, killing 10 people and injuring 13, the defence ministry said. Television footage showed flames billowing from the crash site, which was shrouded in black smoke. billow I. 张风. to be filled with air and swell out like a sail. The sheets billowed on the clothes line. billow out: His cloak billowed out behind him. II. 浓烟滚滚升起. if smoke or steam billows, it rises or moves in clouds. Smoke was billowing from the campfire. jetsetter: In journalism, jet set was a term for an international social group of wealthy people who traveled the world to participate in social activities unavailable to ordinary people. The term, which replaced café society, came from the lifestyle of traveling from one stylish or exotic place to another via jet plane. Although jet passenger service in the 1950s was initially marketed primarily to the rich, its introduction eventually resulted in a substantial democratization of air travel. Today, "jet set" no longer has literal cachet ( [ˈkæʃeɪ] a special quality that makes people admire someone or something, or makes people want to have something.). It is often understood to refer to those who have the independent wealth and time to regularly travel widely, at will and for extended periods, for pleasure. 9. The mace权杖(scepter王杖), a gilt (镶金的 covered with a thin substance that looks like gold or is made of gold. a gilt frame/chair ) rod featuring a crown, is the symbol of authority for the House of Representatives and the Speaker. It lies at the foot of the central table whenever the House is meeting and the Speaker is in the Chair. The Chamber of the House of Representatives has a horseshoe 马蹄铁 shape(A horseshoe is a fabricated product, normally made of metal, although sometimes made partially or wholly of modern synthetic materials, designed to protect a horse's hoof from wear. Shoes are attached on the palmar surface of the hooves, usually nailed through the insensitive hoof wall that is anatomically akin to the human toenail, though much larger and thicker. However, there are many cases where shoes are glued. The fitting of horseshoes is a professional occupation, conducted by a farrier, who specializes in the preparation of feet, assessing potential lameness issues, and fitting appropriate shoes, including remedial features where required.), making it different to most other Parliament. The introduction of natural light into the interiors of Parliament House is central architectural theme. A three-dimensional skylight allows controlled natural light into the Chamber and provides a link with the outside environment. 10. Some people suit 适合光头 to be bold. Some suit hair. I'll be the first to admit that it sounds a bit weird that certain hair colours suit different face shapes. Receding bold. skew I. to affect facts or information so that they are not accurate. A researcher's mistake has skewed the results of the study. a. to have a strong effect on someone's opinion, ideas, or judgment. II. to make something not even or not straight. A skewed question有倾向性的问题, 意图明显的问题, 诱导性的问题, 干扰性的
is one that is phrased in such a way that a certain answer is more
likely to be given. People use questions like this when they are trying
to prove or disprove something, and want to show that other people to
agree with them based on statistics or polls. You are very accusing 爱指控的, 爱戴帽子的, man. I don't have hero complex 英雄情结. potty mouth I. (idiomatic, euphemistic) 爱说脏话的, 爱骂人的. The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities. II. (idiomatic) A person having this characteristic. Usage notes: Sometimes this noun is used attributively, as, for example, in: The language of my potty mouth coworkers can be very offensive. potty-mouthed guttermouth I. (informal) A foul-mouthed 口出秽言的 person. II. (informal) The obscene manner of speaking of a person who is foul-mouthed. mangina I. (slang, derogatory) A man with a pronounced feminine side, or a weak masculine side. II. (slang) A homosexual or bisexual man's anus and rectum. III. to tuck one's genitalia between his legs and stand up displaying nothing but hair. male genitals tucked behind the legs in an attempt to mimic the appearance of a vagina. IV. A professional term man-whores use to describe their "he-pussy." (From Deuce Bigalow Male Gigalo.) Deucy, you have a way of satisfying a woman that would sicken a normal man. You must have a magical 'Man-Gina'. 11. 健身房搭讪: A commenter points out that the original Reddit thread contains a few other stories detailing Travolta's late night gym escapades( escapade [ˈeskəpeɪd] something exciting or dangerous that someone is involved in. a silly childhood escapade. ). I turned up, signed in, threw my bag in a locker, stretched the quads a bit, and hopped on the treadmill. And that's when I saw him... In all his pale glory, the man himself. My first two thoughts: Oh my God, that's John Travolta! Followed by, Why the fuck is he so pale? I swear the dude was practically transparent. He looked sickly ( I. someone who is sickly is generally not healthy and is often ill. II. something such as a smell or taste that is sickly is so unpleasant that it makes you feel sick. These chocolates are a little bit sickly. his sickly smile. ). But he was being led around by a personal trainer, so I figured he was on the mend(on the mend 恢复中, 好转 getting better; becoming healthy again. I cared for my father while he was on the mend. I took a leave of absence from work while I was on the mend.). Well, the novelty 新奇 of seeing John Travolta in public wore off quickly (I do live in L.A., after all), so I just went to finish my workout, ignoring him. I finished my usual circuit around the gym. (Now I want to preface this next part by saying that at this time I was in the best shape of my life. I may be a fat bastard now, but not back then; I was training for the police academy, and I was ripped.) Well, as I complete my workout, I notice that John Travolta is following me around the gym. I had to imagine that the personal trainer was directing the workout, and not John himself, so why the correlation? I just imagined that since I was doing common lifts, my workout was probably similar to the one prescribed by the trainer. But somewhere in the back of my mind心里其实觉得, I started to feel like I was being cruised(I. [intransitive] mainly journalism to achieve success easily in a race, game, or competition. cruise to/into/through: Liverpool cruised to their sixth successive win this afternoon. II. [intransitive/transitive] to drive around slowly in a car for pleasure. teenage boys cruising the streets in their fathers' cars. III. [intransitive/transitive] informal to go around a place trying to find a sexual partner.). So this goes on for about 45 minutes, and then I hit the treadmill to run a few more miles. John Travolta and his trainer disappear. I figured that was that. I can see John Travolta in the sauna room leaning up against the glass window. It's a large room, and he's in the only spot that has a direct view of the locker room hallway and the showers. He is sprawled out四肢伸开的, laying across the bench and his towel is loosely draped over his body. The thing is, he's showering, but he's also staring right at me. And he has half an erection. (I'll save you the suspense, it was fucking enormous! Like a horse.) I told my roommate at the time; he laughed at the story, but he was a little skeptical on the details. One assumes that John Travolta merely wanted to strike up a conversation with this strapping ( 又高又壮的年轻人. (especially of a young person) big and strong. tall and strong. a strapping lad. ) young athlete, while the two were alone, together, at the gym. 12. come up I. if information about something comes up on something such as a computer screen, it appears there. Our flight hasn't come up yet. II. if food that you have eaten comes up, your stomach forces it out through your mouth. be off the wall (informal) to be strange or very different from other people or things Even at school he was considered off the wall by most of the students. the odd one out 怪人, 不合群的人, 与众不同的人, 异类 ( the odd man out) a person or thing that is different from or keptapart from others that form a group or set: Guess which number of the following sequence is the odd one out. She was always the odd one out at school - she didn't have many friends. make odd/strange bedfellows If two people or groups make strange bedfellows, they are connected in a particular activity though they are very different and would not usually have the same opinions or be seen together. Priests and pop stars make strange bedfellows, but on this issue they agree. 13. kibosh [kaɪboʃ] put the kibosh on something informal to do something that spoils someone's plans. "I'm putting the kibosh on this right now. You are NOT boning my sister." Used Originally: "I'm literally putting a kibosh on my head right now, because I am about to murder you." Kibosh" sounds like one of those amusing bits of gibberish that people make up out of nowhere, but that's not the case. In fact, some experts believe that "kibosh" comes from the Gaelic phrase "cie bais," pronounced "ky-bosh," which translates to cap of death, the black skullcap that would be donned by a judge as he prepared to sentence someone to execution, and it's apparently still used as a metaphor in Ireland today. Like the oranges in The Godfather, seeing a cie bais meant one thing: Someone was going to die. With a name like "cap of death," we sort of would have preferred if it was a hat that shot lasers, but it's still a fairly badass origin story. ride someone out of the town on a rail: To severely punish someone with ridicule and public condemnation and, optimally, make sure they'll never work in their field/town again. Used Today: "Dude, I swear to god, if you bone my sister I will ride you out of town on a fucking rail. I hope you never come back!" Used Originally: "I am going to ride you out of town on a fucking rail. I hope your nuts enjoy splinters!". You'd be straddling a large, bumpy, lumpy, probably splinter-covered piece of wood, being carried roughly out of town by two men who probably didn't care how much they jostled ( jostle I. [intransitive] to compete for something. two candidates jostling for votes. II. [intransitive/transitive] to push against someone because you are trying to move past them in a crowd. We managed to jostle our way to the front.) you. Meaning you'd be lucky to get out of it with any junk left (and God help you if they decided to get some drive-thru on the way). At the end of the journey, you'd be unceremoniously dumped into a ditch, often with a liberal application of tar and feathers to emphasize the point, which would be exceptionally painful, permanently disfiguring and almost certainly fatal, depending how much the townspeople hated you. 14. After Oscar nominations were announced last week, there was a lot of chatter about snubs and surprises. Many were confused as to how Jennifer Aniston, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her movie "Cake," was left off the list of Oscar nods. "I'm the No. 1 snubbed! 最大遗珠"(snob, snobbish
I. 目中无人的人. 自以为是的人. someone who thinks they are better than other
people, usually because of their social class. This word shows that you
do not like people like this. II. someone who thinks their opinions and
judgments are better than other people's. a wine/art/music snob. It's only the uncultured snobs who ever complain about Bali or Phuket etc. They go to Bali/Phuket thinking they're going to a cheap Australia. Fact is the culture is completely different, as is the scenery. Yes, it is not as "clean". For me that's most of the charm. I love experiencing how the rest of the world lives.) she joked to Ellen DeGeneres during a visit to the comedian's talk show. "That's the silver lining, right?" gaudy [ˈɡɔ:di] I. 花枝招展的. 花哨的. 粗俗的. 艳丽的. If something is gaudy, it is very brightly coloured and showy. brightly coloured and ugly, or of bad quality. Your grandma's gaudy looking couch. II. a celebratory festival or feast held at some schools and colleges. rehash N-COUNT
If you describe something as a rehash, you are criticizing it because
it repeats old ideas, facts, or themes, though some things have been
changed to make it appear new. 重复; 老调重弹. a rehash of an article he wrote years ago. The critic found the play "a feeble rehash of familiar Miller themes." V-T
If you say that someone rehashes old ideas, facts, or accusations, you
disapprove of the fact that they present them in a slightly different
way so that they seem new or original. 只作轻微改动; 换汤不换药表不满. to do something again without adding new ideas or without changing it. We spent most of the meeting rehashing old issues. They've taken some of the best parts out of the best things and rehashed them. 15. Playing It Straight is a 2004 American reality show in which one woman spent time on a ranch with a group of men in an attempt to discern which of them were gay and which of them were straight. All of the gay men pretended to be straight. The woman went on individual dates with the men, in addition to engaging in group activities with them. Over the course of the episodes, she voted to eliminate the men she believed to be gay. At the end of the show, the woman had to choose one man. If he was straight, the man and woman would split the prize money, but if he was gay, then he would receive all the money and the woman would receive nothing.
跨栏背心: The term "A-shirt" is short for "athletic shirt" because it is often worn in sports, such as basketball and track-and-field events. In the United States and Canada, it is also known colloquially as a tank top or by its pejorative nicknames, wife-beater (sometimes just beater), or guinea tee(guinea[ˈɡɪni] guinea pig:someone who is used in an experiment. The prisoners were used as guinea pigs by their government.) (which come from the cultural stereotype where they are considered an underwear-only type of clothing and wearing one in public is alleged to connote low social class; guinea is an ethnic slur for an Italian. ethnic [ˈeθnɪk] I. relating to a group of people who have the same culture and traditions. The country's population consists of three main ethnic groups. used for referring to people from a particular ethnic group, when they live in a country where most people are from a different ethnic group. ethnic Albanians living in Kosovo. used about fighting between people from different ethnic groups living in the same place. ethnic conflict/violence. ). In the UK an A-shirt, especially when used as an undershirt, is known as a vest (compare the American usage of "vest"). Another term is singlet, used in England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Nigeria, Singapore and New Zealand. In the Philippines, when used as an undershirt it is called a sando. In India it is known as a banian, and is used extensively to absorb sweat 吸汗 and prevent its penetration 穿透 to outer layers of clothing. In addition to athletic usage, A-shirts have traditionally been used as undershirts, especially with suits and dress shirts. They are sometimes worn alone without a dress shirt or top shirt during very warm and or humid weather, mainly in North America where the climate is warmer and more humid in the summer. A-shirts are often worn alone under very casual settings, as lounge wear, and or while completing yard work or other chores around the home. The build of an A-shirt is simple: the neck and armholes are often reinforced for durability. One usually has large armholes(each of two openings in a garment through which the wearer puts their arms.) and neck holes and a neckline that can reach down as far as the bottom of the chest. They are also sometimes made long to make tucking into a pair of jeans/shorts easier. In almost all cases, they are buttonless, collarless, and pocketless. An A-shirt worn as an undershirt is designed for a tight fit and is often made of ribbed cotton. A tank top consists of a sleeveless shirt with low neck and different shoulder straps width. It is named after tank suits, one-piece bathing costumes of the 1920s worn in tanks or swimming pools. The upper garment is worn commonly by both men and women. Camisole: A woman wearing a camisole as an outergarment. A camisole, also called just cami, is a sleeveless shirt for women, normally extending to the waist. They often have spaghetti straps. Originally worn as an undershirt, like the A-shirt they have become increasingly used as warm-weather outerwear. The camisole is usually made of satin, nylon, or cotton.
