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sarong

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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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
sarongHe 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) Malay
sa·rong nounChineseSyllable
of skirt of Corpus long consisting piece a loose a


sarong
sarong /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


sar·ongBrE /səˈrɒŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrɔːŋ/ 🔊, /ˈrɑːŋ/ 🔊 nouna long piece of cloth wrapped around the body from the waist or the chest, worn by Malaysian and Indonesian men and women 莎笼(马来西亚人和印度尼西亚人裹在腰或胸以下的长条布,男女均穿)