boiler suit
boiler suit — noun
1. A one-piece garment with long sleeves and full-length legs, worn over everyday c
A one-piece garment with long sleeves and full-length legs, worn over everyday clothes to keep them clean during manual or dirty work.
Tamar put on her white boiler suit before entering the paint-spraying booth.
wear + boiler suit before starting dirty work
Mathieu's blue boiler suit was covered in oil after repairing the truck engine.
possessive form: [person]'s + boiler suit
Factory workers must wear a clean boiler suit and safety goggles at all times.
Jiwoo unzipped her dirty boiler suit and hung it by the workshop door.
- coveralls
American English equivalent; same one-piece protective garment for manual work
- overalls
Can mean the same in British English, but in American English 'overalls' typically refers to bib-and-brace trousers
- work suit
More general term; may refer to any set of work clothes, not necessarily a one-piece garment
文法句型
a/an [adjective] boiler suit
in a boiler suit
用法筆記
This term is chiefly British English. In American English the same garment is normally called 'coveralls'. Take care not to confuse it with 'overalls', which in American English refers to bib-and-brace trousers rather than a full one-piece suit.