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fancy dress

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes & fashion
ˌfancy ˈdress noun [uncountable] British English  DCclothes that you wear, especially to parties, that make you look like a famous person, a character from a story etc 化装服 an invitation to a fancy-dress party 化装舞会邀请函
Examples from the Corpus
fancy dressNo, I am not going to a fancy dress party, but to work.A masked fancy dress ball in Cannes, especially at the Villa Russe, was an event.Every day the children worry about their Hallowe'en costumes for the school fancy dress parade.However, hand on heart, even if you are a top dressage rider, can you really justify the fancy dress?Did you hear about the man who went to the fancy dress party as a bone?In their fancy dress, they ordered pizza before going by motorcade to the Tennessee ball.Less serious runners also compete wearing fancy dress.A mini ramp jam with fancy dress and the odd one foot tail grab ollie.
ˌfancy ˈdress nounChineseSyllable
wear, that you parties, especially clothes to Corpus


fancy dress
ˌfancy ˈdress noun [uncountable] British English
clothes that you wear, especially to parties, that make you look like a famous person, a character from a story etc:
    an invitation to a fancy-dress party


fancy dressBrE /ˌfænsi ˈdres/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfænsi ˈdres/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (BrE) clothes that you wear, especially at parties, to make you appear to be a different character 化装服;化装舞会服guests in fancy dress 身着化装服的客人们a fancy-dress party化装晚会   see also costume, masquerade noun (2)