sleeve
US: /ˈsɫiv/
UK: /slˈiːv/
UK: /slˈiːv/
English Vietnamese dictionary
sleeve /sli:v/
- danh từ
- tay áo
- to put something up one's sleeve: bỏ vật gì trong tay áo
- to pluck someone's sleeve: níu tay áo ai
- (kỹ thuật) ống ngoài, ống bọc ngoài, măngsông
- to have plan up one's sleeve
- chuẩn bị sẵn một kế hoạch
- to laugh in one's sleeve
- (xem) laugh
- to turn (roll) up one's sleeves
- xắn tay áo (để đánh nhau, để làm việc...)
- to wear one's heart upon one's sleeve
- (xem) heart
- tay áo
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a part of a piece of clothing that covers all or part of your arm: a dress with short / long sleeves + Dan rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands.
See also -
2 (-sleeved) (in adjectives) having sleeves of the type mentioned: a short-sleeved shirt
3 (also jacket especially in AmE) a stiff paper or cardboard envelope for a record: a colourful sleeve design + sleeve notes (= information about the music or the performers on the record)
4 a tube that covers a part of a machine to protect it
sleeveless adjective: a sleeveless dress
Idioms: have / keep sth up your sleeve to keep a plan or an idea secret until you need to use it: Actually I do have a few ideas up my sleeve.
more at ACE n., CARD n., LAUGH v., ROLL v., TRICK n., WEAR v.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
long, short | full, puffed, voluminous, wide | rolled-up | coat, shirt, etc.
VERB + SLEEVE
push back/up, roll up
She rolled up her sleeves and got down to work.
| roll down | tug at
I looked around to see who was tugging at my sleeve.
PREP.
in … ~s
It was sunny, and everyone was in short sleeves.
| on a/the ~
There's tomato sauce on your sleeve.
PHRASES
in (your) shirtsleeves
(= not wearing a jacket)
Concise English dictionary
sleevesslɪːv
noun
+the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
+small case into which an object fits
