| 单词 | costume |
| 释义 | costume (once / 269 pages) nv A costume is a set of clothes you wear when you want to dress up like another person. You might wear a witch's costume to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, or put on a George Washington costume to reenact a scene from the American Revolution in a play. A costume is a set of clothes that is unique to a particular person or time period. If you were starring as Dorothy in your neighborhood production of The Wizard of Oz, your costume would consist of a blue-and-white checkered dress and ruby slippers. On the other hand, if you were starring as Lady Godiva, you wouldn't need much of a costume at all! WORD FAMILYcostume: costumed, costumer, costumes, costuming+/costumer: costumers USAGE EXAMPLESA kid got his McAdoo costume down perfectly, from the mustache to the menu of plays. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Ted Turner bought the film library, which left the studio grounds and all its holdings, including props, costumes, scripts and ephemera. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) In costume, they visit hospitals and raise money for charity. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class he wore his national costume Hypo|Hyper academic costume a costume worn on formal occasions by the faculty or students of a university or college rigouta person's costume (especially if bizarre) attire, dress, garb clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion 2n the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments) Hyper attire, dress, garb clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion 3n unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume Hyper attire, dress, garb clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion 4n the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball he won the prize for best costume Hypo|Hyper fancy dress, masquerade, masquerade costume a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party attire, dress, garb clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion 5v dress in a costume Syn|Hyper dress up attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog provide with clothes or put clothes on 6v furnish with costumes; as for a film or play Hyper furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to |
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