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单词 zoot suit
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Definition of zoot suit in English:

zoot suit

noun zuːtˈz(j)ut ˌs(j)ut
  • A man's suit of an exaggerated style, characterized by a long, loose jacket with padded shoulders and high-waisted tapering trousers, popular in the 1940s.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then I saw Cab Calloway with a zoot suit and that was it.
    • In the Scouse corner we have the Fab Four - the mop-topped, clean - cut Beatles who started out in zoot suits and then went on to love drugs, mystics and Paisley patterns.
    • The War Production Board banned the zoot suit because of the extra material required in the long jackets and draped trousers.
    • Both the books and the films are artful and entertaining, but also more than a little bit campy, like zoot suits and swing dancing.
    • Don't expect Mr. Weld to don a zoot suit and join the ranks of the American swing revivalists.
    • It was Mark in a black zoot suit, white satin gloves, black cowboy boots with extra tall heels, and sunglasses.
    • With their zoot suits and wing tips, they went on to lead the retro-swing phenomenon, nab a Grammy nomination for their second self-titled album, and play such illustrious venues as the Super Bowl and the White House.
    • If you go to a Lounge club you don't have to dress in a zoot suit.
    • Later, he'd affect a hipster get-up consisting of a zoot suit and tilted beret, and play a horn with an uptilted bell while ballooning his cheeks past the usual limits of human flesh.
    • Malcolm Little, years before he was Malcolm X, wore his hair chemically slicked in what was called a conk and styled zoot suits when he was young.
    • Alison Wojanski's menswear collection was one of the strongest and featured a floor-sweeping feather coat, tan tops and trousers and a zoot suit with a wonderful wood print fabric.
    • We're wearing Forties style zoot suits, the kind of thing that Lindy Hoppers would wear to Harlem swing clubs.
    • If zoot suits and wallet chains are your thing, then this is the place.
    • And, yes, he did look smoother than a virgin ice rink with his zoot suit, his spats, his furry purple fedora and his dark, smouldering cigarette.
    • Just get a load of his 1940s zoot suit and those size 20 yellow sneakers.
    • A zoot suit and two-tone shoes or a tux was the appropriate evening attire for men.
    • The swank hotel, the zoot suits, the booze, the usually second-rate tilt at glamour - it's a fantasy Oscars night for frustrated non-stars.

Origin

1940s: rhyming formation on suit.

 
 

Definition of zoot suit in US English:

zoot suit

nounˈz(y)o͞ot ˌs(y)o͞otˈz(j)ut ˌs(j)ut
  • A man's suit of an exaggerated style, characterized by a long, loose jacket with padded shoulders and high-waisted tapering trousers, popular in the 1940s.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Malcolm Little, years before he was Malcolm X, wore his hair chemically slicked in what was called a conk and styled zoot suits when he was young.
    • In the Scouse corner we have the Fab Four - the mop-topped, clean - cut Beatles who started out in zoot suits and then went on to love drugs, mystics and Paisley patterns.
    • The War Production Board banned the zoot suit because of the extra material required in the long jackets and draped trousers.
    • If you go to a Lounge club you don't have to dress in a zoot suit.
    • Alison Wojanski's menswear collection was one of the strongest and featured a floor-sweeping feather coat, tan tops and trousers and a zoot suit with a wonderful wood print fabric.
    • With their zoot suits and wing tips, they went on to lead the retro-swing phenomenon, nab a Grammy nomination for their second self-titled album, and play such illustrious venues as the Super Bowl and the White House.
    • A zoot suit and two-tone shoes or a tux was the appropriate evening attire for men.
    • Then I saw Cab Calloway with a zoot suit and that was it.
    • The swank hotel, the zoot suits, the booze, the usually second-rate tilt at glamour - it's a fantasy Oscars night for frustrated non-stars.
    • Don't expect Mr. Weld to don a zoot suit and join the ranks of the American swing revivalists.
    • It was Mark in a black zoot suit, white satin gloves, black cowboy boots with extra tall heels, and sunglasses.
    • Both the books and the films are artful and entertaining, but also more than a little bit campy, like zoot suits and swing dancing.
    • And, yes, he did look smoother than a virgin ice rink with his zoot suit, his spats, his furry purple fedora and his dark, smouldering cigarette.
    • We're wearing Forties style zoot suits, the kind of thing that Lindy Hoppers would wear to Harlem swing clubs.
    • Later, he'd affect a hipster get-up consisting of a zoot suit and tilted beret, and play a horn with an uptilted bell while ballooning his cheeks past the usual limits of human flesh.
    • Just get a load of his 1940s zoot suit and those size 20 yellow sneakers.
    • If zoot suits and wallet chains are your thing, then this is the place.

Origin

1940s: rhyming formation on suit.

 
 
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