| 单词 | custom-tailor |
| 释义 | > as lemmascustom-tailor (a) Modifying participial adjectives, and verbs, with the sense ‘for a particular customer’; ‘to individual requirements or specifications’, as custom-designed, custom-fitted, custom-tailored; custom-design, custom-fit, custom-tailor, etc. Cf. sense B.Chiefly North American before late 20th cent.Recorded earliest in custom-made adj. at Compounds 1d(a). See also custom-built adj., custom-make vb., custom-build vb. at Compounds 1d(a). ΚΠ 1819 St. Louis Enquirer 31 Mar. A very general assortment of ladies' gentlemen's and children's custom made boots & shoes. 1898 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 12 Sept. 5/4 (advt.) Custom-tailored ready-to-wear clothing. 1930 Motor Boating Feb. 114/3 The Wheeler Shipyard is also prepared to supply a large 47-foot custom designed cruising craft. 1956 Flying Mag. Nov. 92/1 Custom-engineered for aircraft hangars..this trussless steel roof..is the first in a new line of lowcost, long span roof decks. 1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) iv. 51 An awesome superstructure of custom-fitted plugs and adaptors. 1964 Punch 23 Sept. 456/3 Custom-mixed after-shave lotion. 1979 Cincinnati Mag. May 18/1 She will custom design anything, wedding rings being a particularly ‘hot’ item. 1989 Dr. Dobb's Jrnl. Sept. 37/2 (advt.) Our hardware is custom wired to distinguish each of our clients' keys. 1991 Mid-Atlantic Game & Fish Apr. 35/2 (advt.) The Tackle Rackler offers you the flexibility to custom organize your tackle for each fishing trip. 1993 Mondo 2000 x. 1/1 (advt.) We'll assist you to create and custom tailor your corporate events & parties. 1998 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 3 Oct. 14 To custom-fit your clubs to your game, forget about the old ‘standard set’. 2013 T. Pynchon Bleeding Edge xxvii. 290 The steak knife is..whetstoned steel riveted into custom-hewn oak. < as lemmas |
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