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dress shirt

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈdress shirt noun [countable]  DCCa formal shirt, sometimes with a special decoration at the front, that a man wears under a dinner jacket 礼服衬衫
Examples from the Corpus
dress shirtHe wears a suit and a dress shirt without a tie, along with a straw hat that is out of style.He threw my dress shirt over it so all was pale blue.Zach put it on and when the jacket was done up it looked as if he was wearing a proper dress shirt.For one thing, I forgot to turn off the iron and nearly burnt the Professor's dress shirt I was ironing.Every day Mones came to class in a short-sleeved dress shirt and shiny black tie-up shoes.He wore a short-sleeved dress shirt with the collar open and his necktie at half-mast.
ˈdress shirt nounChineseSyllable
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dress shirt
ˈdress shirt noun [countable]
a formal shirt, sometimes with a special decoration at the front, that a man wears under a dinner jacket


dress shirtBrE /ˈdres ʃɜːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdres ʃɜːrt/ 🔊 nouna white shirt worn on formal occasions with a bow tie and suit (白色、打蝶形领结的)西服衬衫,礼服衬衫(NAmE) a smart shirt with long sleeves, which can be worn with a tie (可打领带的)长袖正装衬衫