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    haute couture

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    haute cou·ture /ˌəʊt kuːˈtjʊə $ ˌoʊt kuːˈtʊr/ noun [uncountable]  DFCBBthe business of making and selling expensive and fashionable clothes for women 高级女式时装业 —haute couturier noun [countable]
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    haute couture• 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.    Origin haute couture (1900-2000) French “high sewing”
    haute cou·ture nounChineseSyllable
    business selling expensive of and making the Corpus and


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    haute couture
    haute cou‧ture /ˌəʊt kuːˈtjʊə $ ˌoʊt kuːˈtʊr/ noun [uncountable]
     Date: 1900-2000
     Language: French
     Origin: 'high sewing'
    the business of making and selling expensive and fashionable clothes for women
    —haute couturier noun [countable]


    haute cou·tureBrE /ˌəʊt kuˈtjʊə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊt kuˈtʊr/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (from French) the business of making fashionable and expensive clothes for women; the clothes made in this business 高档女子时装业；高档女子时装