| 单词 | tuxedo |
| 释义 | tuxedo (once / 12601 pages) n Use the noun tuxedo to describe the dressy black suit that many men wear when they get married. It's not prom night without one of these formal jackets for men, which take their name from Tuxedo Park, New York, near New York City. The place name tuxedo, according to one line of etymological inquiry, is from an Algonquian word for "wolf," p'tuksit, while other scholars guess that it simply means "crooked river," p'tuck-sepo. Either way, a tuxedo today can also be called a dinner jacket or even the slangy "monkey suit," just for fun. WORD FAMILYtuxedo: tuxedos USAGE EXAMPLESThose in attendance drifted in under a yellow-and-white striped awning, the men dressed in tuxedos, the women in ballgowns, many with their hair swept high. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) “It was problematic, because I put on the tuxedo, I looked fantastic.” Washington Times(Dec 07, 2016) As the Man in Black wallows in the dust, his self-destructive robot-baiting for naught, Ford pops up in a tuxedo. The New Yorker(Dec 05, 2016) n semiformal evening dress for men Syn|Hyper black tie, dinner jacket, tux evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening |
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