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sartorial

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes
sar·to·ri·al /sɑːˈtɔːriəl $ sɑːr-/ adjective formal  DCCrelating to clothes, especially the style of clothes that a man wears – used especially humorously 服装的;〔尤指〕男装样式的〔尤为幽默用法〕 a man of great sartorial elegance 衣着极其讲究的男子sartorially adverb
Examples from the Corpus
sartorialMembers put their particular sartorial and dimensional problems to the speakers.Of such sartorial details is the history of a designer composed.McEnery is known for her sartorial elegance.Despite her bleak background and threadbare, Dickensian sartorial habits, she certainly transmits an aura of elegance and gentility.I later leaned on his sartorial knowledge when I started in television.The man's a sartorial offence.Now, though, the sartorial saver will have to wait until the early summer sales.First, sartorial simplicity is always best - evening wear is not fancy dress.A sartorial warning at this point - Center Parcs' tabloid soubriquet ought to be the Costa del Shellsuit.
Origin sartorial (1800-1900) Latin sartorius, from sartor someone who makes clothes
sar·to·ri·al adjectiveChineseSyllable
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sartorial
sartorial /sɑːˈtɔːriəl $ sɑːr-/ adjective formal
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Latin
 Origin: sartorius, from sartor __someone who makes clothes__
relating to clothes, especially the style of clothes that a man wears – used especially humorously:
    a man of great sartorial elegance
—sartorially adverb


sar·tor·ialBrE /sɑːˈtɔːriəl/ 🔊NAmE /sɑːrˈtɔːriəl/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (formal) relating to clothes, especially men's clothes, and the way they are made or worn 服装的;(尤指)男装的;衣着的 sar·tor·ial·ly BrE /sɑːˈtɔːriəli/ 🔊NAmE /sɑːrˈtɔːriəli/ 🔊 adverb