white coat
noun [ C ] uk/ˌwaɪt ˈkəʊt/ us/ˌwaɪt ˈkoʊt/
（科学工作者、医生或其他进行科学试验的人在自己衣服外面穿的、起保护作用的）白大褂
a piece of white clothing that is worn over other clothes to protect them by a scientist, doctor, or other person working in a place where scientific tests are done, or working with chemicals, medicines, etc.
In nearby ambulances, doctors in white coats waited to examine the bodies. 在附近的救护车上，穿着白大褂的医生等待着检查这些尸体。
She doesn't wear a white coat in the examining room, worried that it might distance her from her young patients. 她在检查室里不穿白大褂，担心白大褂可能会使她和年轻的病人之间产生距离。
Most chemistry teachers don't wear white coats in their classrooms. 大多数化学教师在课堂上不穿白大褂。
- More examples
- Lab crews in white coats, latex gloves and masks are hunched over Petri dishes and microscopes hunting for anthrax.
- In strides a doctor in white coat and stethoscope.
- "White coats scare kids," says Biasotto, who says many of his colleagues don't wear lab coats, either.
Idiom
men in white coatsidiom old-fashioned informal sometimes humorous （指将某人送到精神病院的）穿白大褂的人
used to refer to people who come to take someone to a psychiatric hospital
He was in and out of psychiatric hospitals for 10 years, escorted by men in white coats. 他被送进送出精神病院，这样反反复复了10年。
She had visions of being bundled into a straitjacket by the men in white coats. 她头脑中有自己被穿白大褂的人塞进紧身衣内的场景。
It was time to call out the men in white coats. 是把穿白大褂的人叫来的时候了。