garment
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gar·ment /ˈɡɑːmənt $ ˈɡɑːr-/ ●●○ noun [countable] formalDCC a piece of clothing 衣服 She pulled the garment on and zipped it up. 她穿上衣服并拉好拉链。garment industry/factory/district etc She works in the garment district of Manhattan. 她在曼哈顿的服装加工区工作。nouter/upper garment The outer garment was a loose-fitting robe. 外套是一件宽松的长袍。 → undergarment RegisterGarment is used in business contexts, especially in American English, to talk about the business of making and selling clothes. In everyday English, people usually say clothes (plural): garment是商业用语，美国英语中尤用于谈论服装的生产和销售。在日常英语中，人们一般用clothes（复数）What kind of clothes was she wearing? 她穿了什么衣服？
Examples from the Corpus
garment• Scabbards, broken arms, artillery horses, wrecks of gun carriages, and bloody garments strewed the scene.• Police said anyone offered cheap garments should contact them on.• Do not throw any of them away: writers make new garments out of castoffs all the time.• We are new people inside, so our outward garments should reflect that.• Most clothes were of woven wool or linen, and the richest people even had silk garments.• Berda Morley, who opened the store last May, spent years working in sales and design in the garment industry.• Once lodged in the seams of the clothing, they remained until time moldered the garments.• The garment industry has grown by 20% in this area in the past five years.• Only two garments may be taken into the changing room.• A heavy investment in new machinery was needed before Ashley Mountney could offer wool garments.garment industry/factory/district etc• For nearly three decades, he worked in Woodbury at a garment factory near his home.• The company supplies a range of customers - hospitals, hotels, the leisure and garment industries.• She started working in the Baltimore garment factories, helping with newsletters and worker organization.• An example of this process is in the fashion garment industry.• Young people in service industries, garment industries, catering and shops, no longer have legal minimum rights covering wages and holidays.• Minnie had three children and continued to work almost constantly in the garment factories.• Berda Morley, who opened the store last May, spent years working in sales and design in the garment industry.• The concentration of ethnic minority women workforce in the garment industry owned by minority businessmen is a good illustration.Origin garment (1300-1400) French garnement “equipment”, from garnir; → GARNISH2gar·ment noun →REGISTER1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
clothing piece Corpus of a
garment
gar‧ment /ˈɡɑːmənt $ ˈɡɑːr-/
noun [countable]formal a piece of clothing:
She pulled the garment on and zipped it up.
garment industry/factory/district etc
She works in the garment district of Manhattan.
outer/upper garment
The outer garment was a loose-fitting robe. ⇨ undergarment
REGISTER
Garment is used in business contexts, especially in American English, to talk about the business of making and selling clothes. In everyday English, people usually say clothes (plural):
▪What kind of clothes was she wearing?
▪ clothes noun [plural] things you wear to cover your body or keep you warm. Clothes is always plural: I like your clothes! | Don’t throw your dirty clothes on the floor! | a clothes shop
▪clothing noun [uncountable] used when talking in general about a type of clothes, or about making or selling clothes. Also used in the phrase a piece/item/article of clothing (=one of the things that someone wears): You’ll need to take some warm clothing. | It is important to wear protective clothing at all times. | a clothing manufacturer | a clothing retailer | Police found a piece of clothing in the bushes. | I took a change of clothing with me.
▪garment noun [countable] formal one thing that you wear. Also used when talking about buying and selling clothes: a long velvet garment | the garment industry | garment workers | garment factories
▪dress noun [uncountable] a particular style of clothes. Don’t use dress on its own: Casual dress is not appropriate for an interview. | men in evening dress
▪wear noun [uncountable] used about types of clothes sold in a shop, in the following phrases. Don’t use wear on its own: children’s wear | sports wear | casual wear
▪gear noun [uncountable] /ɡɪə $ ɡɪr/ informal clothes for a particular sport or activity: She was wearing her running gear. | Have you got all your gear?
▪wardrobe noun [singular] all the clothes that you own, or all the clothes that you wear at a particular time of year: Her wardrobe consisted mainly of smart clothes for work. | I will need a new summer weardrobe. | You could win a complete new wardrobe!
gar‧ment /ˈɡɑːmənt $ ˈɡɑːr-/
noun [countable]formal a piece of clothing: garment industry/factory/district etc
outer/upper garment
REGISTER
Garment is used in business contexts, especially in American English, to talk about the business of making and selling clothes. In everyday English, people usually say clothes (plural):
▪
| THESAURUS |
▪
▪
▪
▪
▪
▪
clothes [ 指衣服、服装 clothing [ ( clothes, especially a particular type of clothesrather
指衣服，尤指某种类型的服装 ：◆ warm clothing 保暖服
clothes or clothing? 用 clothes 还是 clothing？
garment ( a piece of clothing指一件衣服 ：◆ He was wearing a strange shapeless garment. 他穿着一件不成形的奇怪衣服。 NOTE Garment should only be used in formal or literary contexts; in everyday contexts usea piece of clothing .* garment 只用于正式场合或文学语境，在日常生活中，一件衣服用 a piece of clothing。 dress [ 指着装、衣着，尤指某种样式或某种场合穿的衣服 ：◆ We were allowed to wear casual dress on Fridays. 我们在星期五可以穿便服。 wear [ （通常构成复合词）指为特定用途或场合穿的衣服，尤指商店中售卖的衣服 ：◆ the children's wear department 童装部 gear [ ( clothes指衣服、服装 ：◆ Her friends were all wearing the latest gear (= .fashionable clothes )她的朋友都穿着最新款的衣服。
Patterns
casual clothes/clothing/dress/wear/gearevening/formal clothes/dress/weardesigner/sports clothes/clothing/garments/wear/gearchildren's/men's/women's clothes/clothing/garments/wearto have on/be in/wear …clothes/garments/dress/gear