单词
garb
英 [gɑ?b]
美[ɡɑrb]
基本信息
- n. 服装；装束；打扮
- vt. 装扮；穿衣
TOEFL畅通词汇
中文词源
garb 特定服装
词源同gear, 装置，装备，引申义服装，衣服。
英文词源
- garb
- garb: see gear
- garb (n.)
- "fashion of dress," 1620s, from earlier sense "person's outward demeanor" (c. 1600), originally "elegance, stylishness" (1590s), from Middle French garbe "graceful outline, gracefulness, comeliness" (Modern French galbe) or directly from Italian garbo "grace, elegance, pleasing manners, " which is from Old High German gar(a)wi "dress, equipment, preparation," or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *garwi- "equipment; adornment" (see gear (n.)).
- garb (v.)
- "to dress, clothe, array," 1836, from garb (n.). Related: Garbed (1590s); garbing.
双语例句
- 1. He wore the garb of a scout, not a general.
- 他身着童子军制服，而不是将军的制服。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She doffs her garb worn under fire and wears again female attire.
- 脱我战时袍着我旧时裳.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He wore the garb of a general.
- 他身着将军的制服。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Certain political, social, and legal forms reappear in seemingly different garb.
- 一些政治 、 社会和法律的形式在表面不同的外衣下重复出现.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Their Name, their Garb, and Work did so intoxicate and bewitch me.
- 他们的名气, 服饰和作品确实使我陶醉,令我着迷.
来自辞典例句