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Costume Clothes Worn Set Period Wear Actors ˈkɑːstuːm

The word "costume" refers to the set of clothes worn by actors or performers, or the characteristic clothing of a particular historical period or country. It can also be used as an adjective to describe a historical drama.

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/kɒ̱stjuːm, AM -tuːm/
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[N-VAR 可变名词](演员或表演者的)戏服,表演服装 An actor's or performer's costume is the set of clothes they wear while they are performing.
  • Even from a distance the effect of his fox costume was stunning...

    即使从远处看,他的狐狸戏服也很抢眼。

  • The performers, in costume and make-up, were walking up and down backstage...

    上了妆穿着戏服的演员在后台走来走去。

  • In all, she has eight costume changes.

    她总共换了8次演出服。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](某历史时期或某国的)服装,装束 The clothes worn by people at a particular time in history, or in a particular country, are referred to as a particular type of costume .
  [supp N]
  • ...men and women in eighteenth-century costume...

    身穿18世纪服装的男男女女

  • In the colourful markets at Chincero and Pisac, women still wear their traditional costume.

    在金测罗和皮萨克五颜六色的集市上,女人们还是身着传统装束。

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[ADJ 形容词](戏剧)古装的 A costume play or drama is one which is set in the past and in which the actors wear the type of clothes that were worn in that period.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...a lavish costume drama set in Ireland and the US in the 1890s.

    一部耗资巨大、以19世纪90年代的爱尔兰和美国为背景的古装戏


Oxford cos·tume / ˈkɒstjuːm ; NAmE ˈkɑːstuːm / noun 1 [countable ,  uncountable ] the clothes worn by people from a particular place or during a particular historical period (某地或某历史时期的)服装,装束 see also
national costume
2 [countable ,  uncountable ] the clothes worn by actors in a play or film/movie, or worn by sb to make them look like sth else (戏剧或电影的)戏装,服装 The actors were still in costume and make-up. 这些演员仍是戏装打扮。 She has four costume changes during the play. 她在这出戏里要换四次服装。 He went to the party in a giant chicken costume. 他是打扮成一只大鸡去参加聚会的。 a costume designer 戏装设计师 3 [countable ] ( BrE) ( informal) =
swimming costume
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cos·tume / ˈkɒstjuːm ; NAmE ˈkɑːstuːm /
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costumecos‧tume /ˈkɒstjʊm $ ˈkɑːstuːm/ ●●○ noun
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1[countable] a set of clothes worn by an actor or by someone to make them look like something such as an animal, famous person etcoutfit:  the film’s lavish costumes and spectacular sets Hallowe'en costumes2[countable, uncountable] clothes that are typical of a particular place or period of time in the past:  The dancers were in national costume. performers dressed in period costume (=the clothes of a period of history)3[countable] British English a swimming costume
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costume

[ˈkɒstju:m]costumed, costuming, costumes

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服装(97%),提供服装(1%),剧装(1%),服装打扮的(1%)
n.服装,装束;戏装,剧装
vt.给…穿上服装

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