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单词 white tie
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white tie

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noun

formal evening dress for men (distinguished from black tie).
a white bow tie for men, worn with formal evening dress.

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Definition for white tie (2 of 2)

white-tie
[ hwahyt-tahy, wahyt- ]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˈtaɪ, ˈwaɪt- /

adjective

requiring that guests wear formal attire, especially that men wear white bow ties with formal evening dress: a white-tie embassy reception.
Compare black-tie.

Origin of white-tie

First recorded in 1950–55
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

British Dictionary definitions for white tie

white tie

noun

a white bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress
  1. formal evening dress for men
  2. (as modifier)a white-tie occasion
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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