sarong
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sa·rong /səˈrɒŋ $ səˈrɒːŋ, səˈrɑːŋ/ noun [countable] DCCa loose skirt consisting of a long piece of cloth wrapped around your waist, worn especially by people in Malaysia and Indonesia 纱笼〔马来西亚和印度尼西亚等地的人围在腰间的一种长布〕
Examples from the Corpus
sarong• He wore homemade sandals and a sarong that fell from his waist to his bony knees.• I wonder how I look in a sarong?• She wrapped it round herself, like a sarong, under her arms, and stepped out of the water.• Then he dropped the parang to fumble in his sarong.• She wears traditional dress: a white, high-necked blouse and a dark ankle-length sarong with an embroidered band around the hem.• The air hostesses on the flight to Bangkok wear pink and purple sarongs with gold borders, western eye-makeup, smiles.Origin sarong (1800-1900) Malaysa·rong nounChineseSyllable
of skirt of Corpus long consisting piece a loose a
sarong
sa‧rong /səˈrɒŋ $ səˈrɒːŋ, səˈrɑːŋ/
noun [countable]
sa‧rong /səˈrɒŋ $ səˈrɒːŋ, səˈrɑːŋ/
noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Language: Malay
a loose skirt consisting of a long piece of cloth wrapped around your waist, worn especially by people in Malaysia and Indonesia
Language: Malay