white-collarの意味・使い方・発音

white-collar

英 ['wait'kɔlə] 美

white-collar (adj.): by 1911, perhaps 1909, from white (adj.) + collar (n.).
The white collar men are your clerks; they are your bookkeepers, your cashiers, your office men. We call them the 'white collar men' in order to distinguish them from the men who work with uniform and overalls and carry the dinner pails. The boys over on the West side got that name for them. It was supposed to be something a little better than they were. [Malcolm McDowell, quoted in "Chicago Commerce," June 12, 1914]
White-collar crime attested by 1957 (there is a white-collar criminaloids from 1934).

1. The overhead light was covered now with a white globe.: 現在、ヘッドライトには白い球状のカバーが取り付けられている。

2.She walked forward and embraced him and stroked his tousled white hair.: 彼女は前に出て彼を抱きしめ、乱れた白髪をなでた。

3.Meanwhile，melt the white chocolate in a bowl suspended over simmering water.: 同時に、ボウルを微沸した水の上に置き、ホワイトチョコレートをボウルに入れて溶かす。

4.Queen Mary started the fashion for blue and white china in England.: メアリー女王はイングランドでの青花磁器の流行を始めた。

5.The White House quickly announced that the policy is under review.: ホワイトハウスはすぐにこの政策が審査中であることを発表した。