tailor

C1 CET-4 高中 FREQ #9119 ★★☆☆☆

n. 裁缝, 成衣匠 vt. 缝制, 制作, 使适应 vi. 做裁缝

发音

US /ˈteɪlɚ/
UK /ˈteɪlə/

词形变化

tailors 复数 tailors tailored tailoring tailors 三单 tailoring 现在分词 tailored 过去式 tailored 过去分词

别名

tailour taylor taylour

教材释义与例句

名词

裁缝

someone whose job is to make men's clothes, that are measured to fit each customer perfectly

动词

剪裁；使合适

动词

做裁缝

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

    裁缝

    裁缝师傅

    He works as a tailor on Swanston Street.

  2. 2.

    Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

    澳大利亚

    The tailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line.

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To make, repair, or alter clothes.

    度身订造

    量身定做

    及物/不及物

    We can tailor that jacket for you if you like.

  2. 2.

    To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.

    比喻 及物

    The website was tailored to the client's needs.

  3. 3.

    To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.

    比喻 及物

    a narrowly tailored law

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

sartor seamster

上位词 4

man dressmaker garmentmaker garmentworker

下位词 1

fitter
动词

同义词 4

cut sew orient tailor-make

上位词 5

design fashion forge adapt accommodate

下位词 3

gore quilt run up

相关短语

tailor make tailor-make v. 为…特别制作；专为…制作；为…量身定做 tinker tailor grass tinker, tailor merchant tailor Tooley Street tailor

词源

Inherited from Middle English taillour, from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin tāliō, from Latin tālea (“a cutting”). Doublet of tailleur. Compare typologically German Schneider (akin to English snithe); Macedonian кројач (krojač), Polish krawiec (akin to Proto-Slavic *krojiti).

来源：wiktionary