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单词 dressmaker
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Definition of dressmaker in English:

dressmaker

noun ˈdrɛsmeɪkəˈdrɛsˌmeɪkər
  • A person whose job is making women's clothes.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She's one of the best bridal dressmakers and also red carpet dressmakers.
    • The group consists of 3 families, including seven children and six adults, among them a mechanic, a dressmaker and a teacher, according to the National Justice Secretary.
    • But if you can't afford the king's ransom needed to buy one finger of a glove, then do what I did: take photos of the outfits and get a dressmaker to make them for you.
    • Along with dance lessons, there were trips and trips to the dressmaker to have my costumes made and fitted.
    • As recently as the fifties, most clothes were made by dressmakers.
    • Female solo costumes might seem overpriced until you consider that a dressmaker spends 80 to 120 hours on a single costume.
    • One way we learnt decision making was through the visits of the dressmaker who came to the house and made our clothes.
    • The cavernous hall is packed to the ducts with exhibitors: bakers, dressmakers, jewelers, DJs, hoteliers, videographers, mortgage brokers.
    • Men also do embroidery, particularly on men's gowns and caps, and work as tailors and dressmakers.
    • He was the second oldest of nine children born to John and Mary Ann Quinn, a shoemaker and a talented dressmaker respectively.
    • More often than not, I must hire a dressmaker to alter my clothes.
    • Luckily for me, Will's Grandmother was a professional dressmaker, and as such was willing to put my costume together.
    • As far as I knew not many dressmakers made clothes that would fit this tight.
    • He worked initially as an industrial draughtsman but from 1828 he earned his living in Paris with drawings of costumes for dressmakers and the theatre.
    • For the rich, dressmakers produced the most fashionable garments which often required both machine and hand sewing.
    • At the time of the 1851 census in Britain, there were 268,000 milliners and dressmakers, as against 502,000 people working in cotton textile manufacture (including printing and dyeing).
    • Agreeing to let a dressmaker sew you a blazer will only end in tears.
    • Both my grandmothers worked for pay - one as a dressmaker and seamstress and the other as a children's nurse in an orphanage and eventually as a small businessperson.
    • Expert tailors and dressmakers had been called in to make her dresses, for it was common agreement that none should outshine her in the coming celebration.
    • At the same time there were harness makers, tailors, dressmakers, builders, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, watchmakers, saddlers, masons and carpenters.
    Synonyms
    garment maker, seamstress, needlewoman, tailoress
    tailor, outfitter, costumier, clothier
    couturier, designer
    dated modiste

Derivatives

  • dressmaking

  • noun ˈdrɛsmeɪkɪŋˈdrɛsˌmeɪkɪŋ
    • These designers feel that most of the time dressmaking suffers ‘because of the way measurements are taken’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Other courses included dressmaking, upholstery and machine knitting, as well as basic skills such as English for speakers of other languages.
      • Please rest assured that the dressmaking (ironing, hemming) is continuing, although there have been some problems with getting support in certain problem areas.
      • Paddy was also responsible for dispatching many sewing machines, which formed the basis of a thriving school for tailoring and dressmaking.
      • I do not want to go to Bradford to look at books about dressmaking and as a dressmaking tutor I do not want to have to order a book simply by its title alone.
 
 

Definition of dressmaker in US English:

dressmaker

nounˈdrɛsˌmeɪkərˈdresˌmākər
  • A person whose job is making women's clothes.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Expert tailors and dressmakers had been called in to make her dresses, for it was common agreement that none should outshine her in the coming celebration.
    • At the same time there were harness makers, tailors, dressmakers, builders, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, watchmakers, saddlers, masons and carpenters.
    • Female solo costumes might seem overpriced until you consider that a dressmaker spends 80 to 120 hours on a single costume.
    • Men also do embroidery, particularly on men's gowns and caps, and work as tailors and dressmakers.
    • At the time of the 1851 census in Britain, there were 268,000 milliners and dressmakers, as against 502,000 people working in cotton textile manufacture (including printing and dyeing).
    • The cavernous hall is packed to the ducts with exhibitors: bakers, dressmakers, jewelers, DJs, hoteliers, videographers, mortgage brokers.
    • He worked initially as an industrial draughtsman but from 1828 he earned his living in Paris with drawings of costumes for dressmakers and the theatre.
    • As far as I knew not many dressmakers made clothes that would fit this tight.
    • More often than not, I must hire a dressmaker to alter my clothes.
    • But if you can't afford the king's ransom needed to buy one finger of a glove, then do what I did: take photos of the outfits and get a dressmaker to make them for you.
    • Luckily for me, Will's Grandmother was a professional dressmaker, and as such was willing to put my costume together.
    • The group consists of 3 families, including seven children and six adults, among them a mechanic, a dressmaker and a teacher, according to the National Justice Secretary.
    • Both my grandmothers worked for pay - one as a dressmaker and seamstress and the other as a children's nurse in an orphanage and eventually as a small businessperson.
    • For the rich, dressmakers produced the most fashionable garments which often required both machine and hand sewing.
    • As recently as the fifties, most clothes were made by dressmakers.
    • He was the second oldest of nine children born to John and Mary Ann Quinn, a shoemaker and a talented dressmaker respectively.
    • Along with dance lessons, there were trips and trips to the dressmaker to have my costumes made and fitted.
    • One way we learnt decision making was through the visits of the dressmaker who came to the house and made our clothes.
    • Agreeing to let a dressmaker sew you a blazer will only end in tears.
    • She's one of the best bridal dressmakers and also red carpet dressmakers.
    Synonyms
    garment maker, seamstress, needlewoman, tailoress
 
 
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