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shirt

shirt [noun]

A piece of clothing that covers the upper part of your body and your arms, usually has a collar, and is fastened at the front by buttons

US

/ʃɝːt/

UK

/ʃɜːt/

(مردانه‌) پيراهن‌

مثال:

A short-sleeved shirt

پیراهن آستین کوتاه

A piece of clothing that covers the upper part of your body and your arms, usually has a collar, and is fastened at the front by buttons

معادل فارسی:

(مردانه‌) پيراهن‌

مثال انگلیسی:

A short-sleeved shirt

پیراهن آستین کوتاه

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

jumpers and shirts and tee-shirts

سطح:

A1 (پایه)

Region:

American English

British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

shirt

noun

pronunciation
The word shirt sounds like hurt.

a thin piece of clothing that you wear on the top part of your body

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

shirt

shirt S2 W3 /ʃɜːt $ ʃɜːrt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: scyrte]

1. a piece of clothing that covers the upper part of your body and your arms, usually has a collar, and is fastened at the front by buttons ⇨ blouse:
I have to wear a shirt and tie to work.
a check shirt
2. keep your shirt on spoken used to tell someone who is becoming angry that they should stay calm
3. put/bet/stake your shirt on something British English informal to risk all your money on something
⇨ ↑stuffed shirt

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shirt

shirt [shirt shirts] [ʃɜːt] [ʃɜːrt] noun

a piece of clothing (usually for men), worn on the upper part of the body, made of light cloth, with sleeves and usually with a collar and buttons down the front
• to wear a shirt and tie
• a short-sleeved shirt
• a football shirt
see also nightshirt, polo shirt, stuffed shirt, sweatshirt, T-shirt
Idioms: keep your shirt on ▪ put your shirt on somebody ▪ shirt off somebody's back
Word Origin:
Old English scyrte, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skyrta (compare with skirt), Dutch schort, German Schürze ‘apron’, also to short; probably from a base meaning ‘short garment’.
Example Bank:
• He tucked his shirt into his pants.
• He wears a crisp white shirt to the office every day.
• a footballer's shirt number

• replica football shirts with Beckham's famous number 7

stuffed shirt

ˌstuffed ˈshirt f22 [stuffed shirt] noun (informal, disapproving)
a person who is very serious, formal or old-fashioned

• The club members are not just a bunch of stuffed shirts.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

shirt / ʃɜːt / / ʃɝːt / noun [ C ]

A1 a piece of clothing worn, especially by men, on the upper part of the body, made of light cloth like cotton and usually having a collar and buttons at the front:

a striped/white shirt

a short-/long-sleeved shirt

You've spilled something down your shirt front.

→ See also nightshirt , sweatshirt , T-shirt

See picture clothes 2

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

shirt

/ʃɜ:(r)t/
(shirts)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
A shirt is a piece of clothing that you wear on the upper part of your body. Shirts have a collar, sleeves, and buttons down the front.
N-COUNT

2.
see also dress shirt, stuffed shirt, sweatshirt, T-shirt

stuffed shirt

(stuffed shirts)

If you describe someone, especially someone with an important position, as a stuffed shirt, you mean that they are extremely formal and old-fashioned. (INFORMAL)
In a pinstriped suit he instantly looked like a stuffed shirt.

N-COUNT [disapproval]

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

shirt

shirt /ˈʃɚt/ noun, pl shirts [count] : a piece of clothing for the upper body that has sleeves and usually a collar and buttons down the front - see also nightshirt, polo shirt, stuffed shirt, sweatshirt, t-shirt, undershirt
keep your shirt on informal
- used to tell someone to calm down or be more patient
• “Aren't you ready yet?” “Keep your shirt on! I'll be ready in a minute.”
lose your shirt chiefly US informal : to lose a lot of money because of a bad bet or investment
• He lost his shirt betting on football games.
• Many investors lost their shirts when the market crashed.
put your shirt on chiefly Brit informal : to bet a lot of money on (someone or something)
• I put my shirt on a horse in the second race.
the shirt off your back informal
✦People who would give you the shirt off their back would do anything to help you.
• She'd give me the shirt off her back if I ever needed help.