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cardigan

noun
🔊/ˈkɑːdɪɡən/
🔊/ˈkɑːrdɪɡən/
(North American English also cardigan sweater
🔊/ˌkɑːdɪɡən ˈswetə(r)/
🔊/ˌkɑːrdɪɡən ˈswetər/
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  1. a jacket made of wool like a sweater but fastened with buttons down the front（无领）开襟毛衣
    Topics Clothes and Fashionb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cashmere
    • wool
    • woollen/​woolen
    • …
    verb + cardigan
    • knit
    cardigan + noun
    • sweater
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    Word Originmid 19th cent. (Crimean War): named after James Thomas Brudenel, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1868), leader of the Charge of the Light Brigade, whose troops first wore such garments.