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2005.12.02

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Today's LessonCATEGORY: ジャパニーズイングリッシュ
KNEE-HIGHS   ハイソックス

Explanation

  • Knee-highs are stockings that end just below the knee.

    Other names for knee-highs are knee-high socks, knee-high stockings, and knee-length socks.

    Be Careful! “High socks” （ハイソックス） is Japanese-English.
  • knee-highs とは、ひざ下まである長めの靴下のことです。

    他に、knee-high socks、knee-high stockings、knee-length socks などという呼び方もあります。

    注意：high socks「ハイソックス」は和製英語です。

examples

  1. Do you think this skirt would look good with my white boots and knee-highs?
  2. When I was in high school, the fashion was to roll down our knee-highs all the way to the ankle.
  3. A lot of men in Bermuda wear shorts and knee-length socks to the office.

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