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doubletn.
1. close-fitting garment for the upper part of thebody.or close-fitting jacket-with the hose,or kneebreeches,the typical masculine dress in the 14th-17thcentury England紧身男上衣，紧身衣。
△Tw.2.4.74(73): “Now the melancholy god protect thee,and thetailor make thy doublet of changeable taffeta.”现在.愿忧郁之神保佑你.裁缝用光影多变的闪绸给你做一件紧身上衣。
△Mer.1.2. 78 (74): “I think he bought his doubletin Italy.”我想他的紧身上衣是在意大利买的。╱ Ado.2.3.17(16):“and now will he lie ten night awake carvingthe fashion of a new doublet；”现在他却会十晚不睡.去设计一种新款式的紧身上衣。
△Rom. 3.1.29 (27): “Didstthou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his newdoublet before Easter?”你不是曾经和一个裁缝争吵，只因他在复活节之前穿起他的紧身上衣吗？
△2H.IV. 5. 5.86 (81):“I cannot perceive how,unless you give me your dou-blet and stuff me out with straw.”我看不出你怎么使我成为大人物(双关：胖子)，除非你把你的紧身上衣给我穿.再用稻草把里边填塞起来。
△2H.VI. 2.1.150 (148):“Come on,sirrah,off with your doublet quickly.”来吧，小子，快把你的紧身上衣脱掉。
△H.VIII. 4. 1.73:“Hats,cloaks,/Doublets,I think. flew up.”帽子.外套.我想，还有紧身上衣，都一齐飞到空中。
great belly doublet: doublet with the lower part(“belly”) stuffed so that it stood up大肚子紧身上衣。
△H.V.4.7.50 (46):“Harry Monmouth,being in hisright wits and his good judgements,turned away thefat knight with the great belly doublet.”i.e. Falstaff.亨利·蒙穆斯在他神志清醒、判断正常之时把那个身穿大肚子紧身上衣的胖骑士赶走了。
2. coat. jacket男上衣，男短上衣。
△Shr.Ind.2.9: “Ihave no more doublets than backs.”我没有上衣，只有光光的脊梁。
△1H.IV.2.4.187(166): “I am eight timesthrust through the doublet，”我的上衣被刺穿了八回。
doublet and hose: ❶jacket and knee-breeches(ordi-nary garments of a man in Shakespeare’s time) 紧身上衣和短裤（莎士比亚时代的普通男装）。
△As.2.4.5: “but Imust comfort the weaker vessel,as doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat；”但是我必须安慰这位小娘子，因为穿紧身上衣和短裤的总该向穿裙子的显得勇敢一点才是。
❷close-fitting jacket and knee-breeches(In cold weather a cloak would ordinarily be worn o-ver them.) 紧身上衣和短裤，一身短打扮(在冷天，一般该再穿上一件外套)。
△Wiv.3.1.46: “And youthful still,inyour doublet and hose,this raw rheumatic day?”越活越年轻了，在这种又冷又湿的天气，还是只穿着紧身上衣和短裤！ |