livery cab, bared flesh

Passenger Is Shot in Livery Cab

By COLIN MOYNIHAN

A robber approached a cab stopped at a traffic light in the Flatlands neighborhood in Brooklyn and shot into the car when his demand for money was refused, the police said.

Nakedness in Dance, Taken to Extremes

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

Bared flesh is common in experimental modern dance. And sometimes - infrequently - it succeeds.

livery[liv・er・y]

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[lívəri]
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[名]（複-ies）

1 [U]（家臣・使用人・組合員などの）そろいの衣服, 仕着せ；定服, 制服, 組合服

servants in ［out of］ livery
仕着せを着た［平服の］召し使い

take up one's livery
同業組合員になる.

2 [U]（特殊な）服装；((比喩))装い

trees in summer livery ［＝trees in the livery of summer］
夏の装いをした樹木

the livery of grief ［woe］
喪服

clothe oneself in the livery of other men's opinion
他人の意見を借用する.

3 ((英))（ロンドンのシティーの）ギルド, 同業［定服］組合.

4 [U]有料で馬を預かる［飼育する］こと.

5
(1) （乗用車・トラック・現金輸送車・自転車・ボートなどの）レンタル業者［会社］.
(2) ((米))＝livery stable.

6 [U]《法律》封建的土地占有引き渡し（式）.

7 ((英))所有物［製品］につけた標章.