collar

noun

/ˈkɒlə(r)/

/ˈkɑːlər/

Idioms

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the part around the neck of a shirt, jacket or coat that usually folds down衣领；领子
- a coat with a fur collar毛皮领大衣
- I turned up my collar against the wind (= to keep warm).我把衣领竖起来挡风。
- He always wears a collar and tie for work.他上班总是系着领带。
see also blue-collar, dog collar, green-collar, mandarin collar, pink-collar, white-collar, wing collar
- He wore a collar and tie for the occasion.他系了领带出席盛会。
- His collar was undone.他的领子没扣上。
- His tie was knotted below his open collar.他的领带结打在敞开的衣领下。
- She turned up her coat collar for extra warmth.她竖起了衣领以便更暖和一些。
- The shirt had a button-down collar.这件衬衫领尖带扣。
Topics Clothes and Fashionb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- open
- undone
- button-down
- …
verb + collar
- have
- have on
- wear
- …
collar + noun
- button
- stud
- size
- …
phrases
- collar and tie
a band of leather or plastic put around the neck of an animal, especially a dog（动物，尤指狗的）颈圈
- a collar and lead/leash颈圈和系带
- The dog slipped its collar and ran off.那条狗挣脱项圈跑掉了。
see also choke collar
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dog
- flea
- choke
- …
verb + collar
- have on
- wear
- slip
- …
(specialist) a band made of a strong material that is put round something, such as a pipe or a machine, to make it stronger or to join two parts together（管子或机器部件的）圈，箍

词源Middle English: from Old French colier, from Latin collare ‘band for the neck, collar’, from collum ‘neck’.

Idioms

hot under the collar

(informal) angry or embarrassed愤怒的；窘迫的
- He got very hot under the collar when I asked him where he'd been all day.我问他一整天到哪里去了，他很尴尬。
Topics Feelingsc2

collar

verb

/ˈkɒlə(r)/

/ˈkɑːlər/

(informal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they collar	/ˈkɒlə(r)/ /ˈkɑːlər/
he / she / it collars	/ˈkɒləz/ /ˈkɑːlərz/
past simple collared	/ˈkɒləd/ /ˈkɑːlərd/
past participle collared	/ˈkɒləd/ /ˈkɑːlərd/
-ing form collaring	/ˈkɒlərɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːlərɪŋ/

collar somebody to capture somebody and hold them tightly so that they cannot escape from you抓住；捉住；揪住；逮住
- Police collared the culprit as he was leaving the premises.罪犯正离开现场时，警察逮住了他。
collar somebody to stop somebody in order to talk to them拦住（某人以与其）谈话
- I was collared in the street by a woman doing a survey.我在大街上给一个做民意调查的女人拦住问话。

词源Middle English: from Old French colier, from Latin collare ‘band for the neck, collar’, from collum ‘neck’.