| 释义 |
gar·ment
I. \ˈgärmənt, ˈgȧm-\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English garment, garnement, from Middle French garnement, garniment article of clothing or armor, from Old French, from garnir to equip, prepare + -ment — more at garnish
1.
a. : an article of outer clothing (as a coat or dress) usually exclusive of accessories
b. : an article of underclothing; specifically : foundation garment
< a garment that gives you the bust and waistline contours the new fashions demand — McCall's >
2. : the outward dress in which something is seen
< clothe his ideas in a garment of reality — Bertrand Russell >
< our birch in its spring garment — Richard Semon >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to clothe with or as if with a garment — used chiefly in past participle
< went about oddly garmented — W.J.Ghent >
< garmented in high poetry — G.C.Sellery > |