🇬🇧🇨🇳 sleeveless - 无袖的 : English Lesson
adjective
Meaning of "sleeveless" ("无袖的"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Sleeveless means a piece of clothing, like a shirt or dress, that has no sleeves at all, so your arms and shoulders are completely uncovered.
I showed up to the snowball fight in a sleeveless top, and the snowballs politely refused to hit me out of pity.
Grandpa put on a sleeveless undershirt, called it his “muscle shirt,” and then sneezed his only muscle away.
My sleeveless T-shirt was so cold in winter that even my goosebumps got goosebumps.
Mom bought a sleeveless dress, then spent the rest of the day yelling, “Who turned the AC to ARCTIC?”
In hot places, people often wear sleeveless shirts to stay cooler, but my uncle just wears them to give his arm hair some sunshine.
On the hot train, she peeled off a jacket to reveal a sleeveless dress. A child pointed at her sleeveless top, then at her bare arms; she smiled, smoothing the sleeveless hem. A friend pressed a cold bottle to her skin and joked about her sleeveless look. The car cooled. She laughed, grateful for the sleeveless comfort.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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