couture
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cou·ture /kuːˈtjʊə $ -ˈtʊr/ (also haute-couture) noun [uncountable] DCCthe design and production of expensive and fashionable clothes, or the clothes themselves 昂贵时装的设计制作；昂贵时装 a couture collection 一批高级时装
Examples from the Corpus
couture• The fact is that I have a vacancy arising for a couture model.• Everyone on earth was in Paris that week for the fall couture, and for some colossal tennis event.• Of course, Super Show is not about haute couture, but about haute profits.• Bazaar, which keeps track of spending trends in haute couture and dry goods, notes that luxury is back.• I wondered what this splashy display of interracial haute couture meant to her.• Mailing designs home to be printed on samples sewn by his mum, Wells made a start in sports couture.• Here are the couture workrooms and a door marked in large black letters' Mademoiselle.• Somehow, it bodes well for the couture.Origin couture (1900-2000) French Vulgar Latin consutura “sewing”, from Latin consuere, from com- ( → COM-) + suere “to sew”cou·ture nounChineseSyllable
Corpus the expensive production and and of design
couture
cou‧ture /kuːˈtjʊə $ -ˈtʊr/
(also haute-couture) noun [uncountable]
a couture collection
cou‧ture /kuːˈtjʊə $ -ˈtʊr/
(also haute-couture) noun [uncountable] Date: 1900-2000
Language: French
Origin: Vulgar Latin consutura __sewing__, from Latin consuere, from com- ( ⇨ COM-) + suere __to sew__
the design and production of expensive and fashionable clothes, or the clothes themselves:Language: French
Origin: Vulgar Latin consutura __sewing__, from Latin consuere, from com- ( ⇨ COM-) + suere __to sew__