| 英语单词 | tuxedo |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [tʌk'siːdəʊ] 美 [tʌk'siːdoʊ] |
| 中文释义 | n.(男士无尾半正式)晚礼服 |
| 英语例句 | (1) John looked fit to kill in his tuxedo. (2) The groom wears a formal suit or tuxedo. (3) At a formal occasion, it is necessary for men to wear a tuxedo. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 约翰穿上晚礼服,显得十分英俊。 (2) 新郎则穿着一套正式的西装或无尾晚礼服。 (3) 在一个正式的场合中,男仕们穿着无尾晚礼服是必要的。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Use the noun tuxedo to describe the dressy black suit that many men wear when they get married. |
| vocabulary扩展 | It's not prom night without one of these formal jackets for men, which take their name from Tuxedo Park, New York, near New York City. The place name tuxedo, according to one line of etymological inquiry, is from an Algonquian word for "wolf," p'tuksit, while other scholars guess that it simply means "crooked river," p'tuck-sepo. Either way, a tuxedo today can also be called a dinner jacket or even the slangy "monkey suit," just for fun. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](男士在正式社交场合穿的)无尾礼服 A tuxedo is a black or white jacket worn by men for formal social events. [mainly AM 主美] in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 dinner jacket |
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