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dressing gown

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈdressing gown ●●○ noun [countable] British English, American English formal  DCCa piece of clothing like a long loose coat that you wear inside the house, usually over night clothes 〔室内穿的、通常套在睡衣外的〕晨衣 SYN bathrobe, robe
Examples from the Corpus
dressing gownMrs Knelle soon appeared in a dressing gown, and we sat down to a soothing breakfast of toast.Cornelius tucked this, unopened, into a dressing gown pocket.Reluctantly she got up and her teeth chattered as she took a dressing gown from a hook behind the bedroom door.He got out of bed and put on his faded burgundy dressing gown.She swung her legs out of bed and reached for her dressing gown.The woman was wearing a man's tartan dressing gown.
ˈdressing gown nounChineseSyllable
a a of long loose Corpus clothing coat like piece


dressing gown
ˈdressing gown noun [countable] British English American English formal
a piece of clothing like a long loose coat that you wear inside the house, usually over night clothes
   SYN  bathrobe, robe


dressing gownBrE /ˈdresɪŋ ɡaʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdresɪŋ ɡaʊn/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE bath·robe, robe) noun
a long loose piece of clothing, usually with a belt, worn indoors over night clothes, for example when you first get out of bed 晨衣,晨袍(起床后套于睡衣外在室内穿的宽松长罩衫,通常有束带)