gown

noun

/ɡaʊn/

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a woman’s dress, especially a long one for special occasions
- an evening/a wedding gown
- She was dressed in a long flowing gown.
- She wore a white satin gown trimmed with lace.
Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- long
- floor-length
- elegant
- …
gown + verb
- be trimmed with something
preposition
- in a/the gown
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a long loose piece of clothing that is worn over other clothes by judges and (in the UK) by other lawyers, and by members of universities (at special ceremonies)
- a graduation gown
see also town and gownTopics Educationc1, Law and justicec1, Religion and festivalsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- academic
- hospital
- surgical
- …
preposition
- in a/the gown
phrases
- town and gown
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a piece of clothing worn in a hospital, either by medical staff during surgery or by a patient, especially as protection against infection
- a surgeon’s gown
Topics Medicinec2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- academic
- hospital
- surgical
- …
preposition
- in a/the gown
phrases
- town and gown
See full entry

单词	gown
释义	gown noun /ɡaʊn/ /ɡaʊn/ jump to other results enlarge image a woman’s dress, especially a long one for special occasions an evening/a wedding gown She was dressed in a long flowing gown. She wore a white satin gown trimmed with lace. Topics Clothes and Fashionc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective long floor-length elegant … gown + verb be trimmed with something preposition in a/the gown See full entry a long loose piece of clothing that is worn over other clothes by judges and (in the UK) by other lawyers, and by members of universities (at special ceremonies) a graduation gown see also town and gownTopics Educationc1, Law and justicec1, Religion and festivalsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective academic hospital surgical … preposition in a/the gown phrases town and gown See full entry a piece of clothing worn in a hospital, either by medical staff during surgery or by a patient, especially as protection against infection a surgeon’s gown Topics Medicinec2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective academic hospital surgical … preposition in a/the gown phrases town and gown See full entry see also dressing gown Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French goune, from late Latin gunna ‘fur garment’; probably related to Byzantine Greek gouna ‘fur, fur-lined garment’.
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