n.[C]
- (尤指男装)裁缝师;(尤指男装)服装店
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He had his dress made by a Paris
tailor.
他请巴黎的裁缝师做衣服。
vt.
- 裁制(衣服,衣料等)[O]
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The overcoat is well
tailored.
这大衣做得很好。
- 修改;使合适[O]
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The clinic
tailors its treatment to individual needs.
那个诊所的治疗方法适合个别需要。
vi.
- 做裁缝
短语
ride like a tailor
- 不擅骑马
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She used to
ride like a tailor.
她从前不擅骑马。
The tailor makes the man.
- 人要衣装。
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He looks so smart in that suit!
The tailor makes the man.
他身着那套衣服看上去真神气!人要衣装。
辨析
n.
a person whose occupation is making clothes such as suits for individual customers.
v.
- (of a tailor) make (clothes) to fit individual customers.
-
(usu. tailor something for/to)
make or adapt for a particular purpose or person.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. taillour, lit. ‘cutter’, based on late L. taliare ‘to cut’.