外套
wài tào
Pinyin
Definition
外套
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- coat
- jacket
- CL:件[jiàn]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 additional
- 2 in addition
- 3 besides
- 4 separate
- 5 other
- 6 moreover
- 7 furthermore
- 1 outside
- 2 in addition
- 3 foreign
- 4 external
- 1 (coll.) mother's mother
- 2 maternal grandmother
- 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
- 2 surface
- 3 exterior
- 4 external appearance
Idioms (20)
不足为外人道
- 1 no use to tell others
- 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
九霄云外
- 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
- 2 unimaginably far away
人外有人,天外有天
- 1 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
仇人相见,分外眼红
- 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
付之度外
- 1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
- 2 to do sth without considering the risks
- 3 to leave out of consideration
Sample Sentences
在我老家,这时候已经开始变冷,出门得穿外套了。
In my hometown, it already starts to turn cold at this time and you have to wear a jacket outside.
每天在值晚班准备打烊的时候,总会有一位女孩儿来买杯热拿铁外带。女孩儿的容貌挺漂亮,看上去气质也好,就是穿着打扮比较特别。2014年夏天的杭州那样炎热,她还是时常穿着一件复古风格的外套,看着有点儿像30年代的上海仕女穿越到现代的感觉。
There was always a girl who came to the shop and ordered a cup of latte to go when QinYu was working the night shift and was about to close. She had quite a pretty face and she looked elegant, although her outfit was somehow special. In 2014, the summer in Hangzhou was pretty hot, but she’s still wearing the vintage style jacket all the time. She looked a bit like a Shanghai lady in the 1930s, traveling to the present.
我昨天穿白色外套,黑色外套是前天穿的!不然你打电话给我妈确认一下?
I was wearing a white coat yesterday, I wore the black coat the day before yesterday! Or if you like you can call my mum to check?
那为什么昨天我在电影院看到一个很像你的人?你昨天早上穿黑色的外套对吧?
So why did I see someone who looked very like you at the cinema yesterday? You were wearing a black coat yesterday, yeah?
我带了外套了啊,但是因为小孩怕冷,外套都给他们穿了。
I brought a jacket, but because the kids don't like the cold, I gave the jacket to them to wear.
天气凉了,最近出门都得穿外套了。
The weather has cooled, recently you have to wear a jacket when you leave the house.
很有可能哦,你本人就是最好的玩具啦,你看牠正在咬你的外套袖子。
Yeah, that's quite likely, you're the best toy it could have, look, it's biting your coat sleeve.
好!外套穿好了。
Ok! I got my coat on.
宝宝,穿上外套,我们出去玩啦。
Darling, put your coat on. We will go out to play.
不知怎的,当我走到学校湖边的时候,感觉格外地冷。我下意识地裹紧了外套,突然发现,有一个背影在沿着湖边慢慢地走着。一种莫名的冲动驱使着我向这个背影走去。渐渐地,渐渐地,越来越近,竟然是她!那个清秀的背影,那乌黑的头发和麻花辫!当我走近她时,发现她低着头在抽泣。
I'm not sure why, but when I got the school lake, I felt a weird chill. Subconsciously, I pulled my jacket around tighter. Suddenly, I noticed the back of a girl as she was slowly walking along the lakeside in front of me. A unexplainable impulse came over me and I started walking towards her, gradually getting closer and closer. As I approached, I saw that it was her! That elegant view of her back. That raven-black hair in a braid! Then, when I got closer, I realized her head was hung low and she was sobbing.