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語源

From turtle +‎ neck.

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名詞

turtleneck (plural turtlenecks)

1. (Canada, US) A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.

   Synonyms: (UK) polo-neck, (US) turtleneck collar

   Coordinate terms: crew neck, V-neck; (other shapes or positions) boat neckline, bateau neckline, heart neckline, plunging neckline, scoop neckline, sweetheart neckline

2. (Canada, US) Ellipsis of turtleneck sweater.

   Synonym: (UK) polo neck sweater

   • 2004, “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys:

     I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks

   • 2012, Karen Blumenthal, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 183:

     Still, Jobs became friends with fashion designer Issey Miyake, who had designed some Sony uniforms, and asked him to make some black turtlenecks that he liked.

3. (slang) A foreskin.

派生語

Further reading

• polo neck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia