short-sleeved

short-sleeved — adjective

1. describes clothing — especially shirts, blouses, tops, and dresses — that has sl

1.形容詞A2
釋義

describes clothing — especially shirts, blouses, tops, and dresses — that has sleeves reaching only to the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow rather than covering the whole arm.

例句

Nellie wore a short-sleeved cotton shirt to the summer picnic.

short-sleeved + material + garment (cotton shirt)

The school's dress code requires short-sleeved white blouses for all students.

反義詞
  • long-sleeved

    the opposite sleeve length, with sleeves covering down to the wrist

  • sleeveless

    having no sleeves at all, rather than short ones

文法句型

short-sleeved + noun (garment type)

用法筆記

Almost always used before the noun it describes (attributive position): 'a short-sleeved shirt', 'a short-sleeved dress'. Predicative use ('This shirt is short-sleeved') is grammatically correct but far less frequent in everyday speech.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a short sleeve shirt.
✅I bought a short-sleeved shirt.
💡When used as a compound adjective before a noun, the form requires a hyphen and the -ed suffix. Compare 'long-legged', 'blue-eyed'.