n.[C]
- （尤指男裝）裁縫師；（尤指男裝）服裝店
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He had his dress made by a Paris
tailor.
他請巴黎的裁縫師做衣服。
vt.
- 裁製（衣服，衣料等）[O]
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The overcoat is well
tailored.
這大衣做得很好。
- 修改；使合適[O]
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The clinic
tailors its treatment to individual needs.
那個診所的治療方法適合個別需要。
vi.
- 做裁縫
片語
ride like a tailor
- 不擅騎馬
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She used to
ride like a tailor.
她從前不擅騎馬。
The tailor makes the man.
- 人要衣裝。
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He looks so smart in that suit!
The tailor makes the man.
他身著那套衣服看上去真神氣！人要衣裝。
辨析
n.
a person whose occupation is making clothes such as suits for individual customers.
v.
- (of a tailor) make (clothes) to fit individual customers.
-
(usu. tailor something for/to)
make or adapt for a particular purpose or person.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. taillour, lit. ‘cutter’, based on late L. taliare ‘to cut’.
