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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++at·tire /əˈtaɪə $ əˈtaɪr/ noun [uncountable] formal  CLOTHESclothes 服装,衣服 business attire 商务着装,正装
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attireGentiles are often confused about proper behavior, gifts, and attire.He glanced uneasily at his own evening attire.Women use pieces of attire ... to reinscribe themselves in the patriarchal system ...Performing will be rockers Ash Black and Thrust, accompanied by the latest in rubbery attire provided by Hydra.But swimsuits are the attire of the brave and very slim.His attackers were beneath his notice, and their attire conveyed their ungoverned emotions, if not their ungovernable selves.Their attire was a mixture of the sombre and seaside wear.
Origin attire (1200-1300) attire (verb); → ATTIRED
at·tire nounChineseSyllable
Corpus clothes


attire
attire /əˈtaɪə $ əˈtaɪr/ noun [uncountable] formal
 Date: 1200-1300
 Origin: attire (verb); attired
clothes:
    business attire


at·tireBrE /əˈtaɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /əˈtaɪər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) clothes 服装;衣服dressed in formal evening attire穿着晚礼服