英和和英

語源

From fore- +‎ pocket.

名詞

forepocket (複数形 forepockets)

1. A pocket located in the front; front pocket
   • 1939, Edwin Lanham, The Stricklands:

     Joseph Paul took a pipe from the forepocket of his overalls. The bowl was a .50 caliber cartridge shell, soldered to a metal stem. He shook a small amount of tobacco into it from a sack and tamped it with his little finger.

   • 2010, John Muir, Growing Up In The West:

     His hands were thrust down into the forepockets of his trousers. `Ye're an awfu' man Jock.'

   • 2010, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree:

     When he lowered the skiff they lay gaping on the boards under a sun that withered them visibly, Suttree gripped his forepockets, searching.

   • 2015, Oliver Onions, Gray youth:

     This young woman had a long bare neck that reminded Amory of an artist's model, and her hands were thrust into the fore-pockets of a brown knitted coat.