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单词 tuxedo
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Definition of tuxedo in English:

tuxedo

nounPlural tuxedos, Plural tuxedoes tʌkˈsiːdəʊtəkˈsidoʊ
North American
  • 1A man's dinner jacket.

    〈主美〉男餐服

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were lots of blonde women in posh frocks and expensive-looking high heels and guys in dinner jackets or tuxedos or whatever you call them.
    1. 1.1 A suit of formal evening clothes including a tuxedo.
      小礼服,无尾礼服
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They had obviously been at a school formal or something like that, because they were wearing tuxedos and evening dresses.
      • He was wearing a black tuxedo with a tie.
      • On two ‘formal nights,’ some men wear tuxedos but most favor suits or sports coats with slacks.
      • He was wearing a black tuxedo with a tie, and gold cufflinks to match the dance floor.
      • He had already bought their tickets and rented a tuxedo and a limo.
      • Gerald wore typical male attire of a tuxedo with a bow tie.
      • He wore a black tuxedo, ready for another King's Club party.
      • He was facing the mirror fixing a black tie on his white tuxedo.
      • She walked up to me and straightened the already straight collar of my tuxedo jacket.
      • I need to find a place to rent a tuxedo this week in London.
      • Likewise, suits are worn by both men and women in most places of business, and tuxedos and evening gowns are worn at formal affairs
      • Jeff was dressed in a rented tuxedo, while Debbie was very pretty in a pale yellow dress.
      • On one pair, she added a velvet ribbon sewn down the legs to imitate tuxedo pants.
      • The tuxedo jacket was gone, leaving just the damp cotton of his dress shirt.
      • Shrugging, he picked up one of the frilly tuxedo shirts and held it up to himself.
      • He numbly donned his tuxedo and then got the rest of himself ready.
      • Resplendent in a white tuxedo, Mark returned from the punch bowl bearing refreshments.
      • Always eccentric, Dietrich put on trousers, tuxedos and men's suits long before other women dared.
      • Again, I single these nice boys out for wearing nice, traditional, classy tuxedoes.
      • For this, I had to rent a tuxedo even though I already own two.

Derivatives

  • tuxedoed

  • adjective
    North American
    • Gowned and tuxedoed patrons fill the halls to get a preview of the new ‘Riches of India ‘exhibit.’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • On the 10th December the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, two thousand dignitaries, tuxedoed and gowned, gather in the Stockholm Concert Hall.
      • The two fighters prepare to square off, as a tuxedoed ring announcer shouts into a microphone: ‘Ladies and gentlemen!’
      • The earliest print included, Midsummer's Night Mare, pictures a tuxedoed Dali, his hands on a sheep, as host to a hallucinatory gathering in a nocturnal forest.
      • The 1929 Chicago Book of Achievement published a photograph of Smith, seated, dressed in a tuxedo with a baton resting on his lap, surrounded by thirteen tuxedoed men, all carefully posed, instruments in hand.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Tuxedo Park, the site of a country club in New York, where it was first worn.

Rhymes

aikido, bushido, credo, Guido, Ido, libido, lido, speedo, teredo, torpedo

Definition of tuxedo in US English:

tuxedo

nountəkˈsēdōtəkˈsidoʊ
North American
  • 1A man's dinner jacket.

    〈主美〉男餐服

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were lots of blonde women in posh frocks and expensive-looking high heels and guys in dinner jackets or tuxedos or whatever you call them.
    1. 1.1 A suit of formal evening clothes including a tuxedo.
      小礼服,无尾礼服
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Gerald wore typical male attire of a tuxedo with a bow tie.
      • He had already bought their tickets and rented a tuxedo and a limo.
      • Jeff was dressed in a rented tuxedo, while Debbie was very pretty in a pale yellow dress.
      • They had obviously been at a school formal or something like that, because they were wearing tuxedos and evening dresses.
      • The tuxedo jacket was gone, leaving just the damp cotton of his dress shirt.
      • He numbly donned his tuxedo and then got the rest of himself ready.
      • Likewise, suits are worn by both men and women in most places of business, and tuxedos and evening gowns are worn at formal affairs
      • He was wearing a black tuxedo with a tie, and gold cufflinks to match the dance floor.
      • Always eccentric, Dietrich put on trousers, tuxedos and men's suits long before other women dared.
      • For this, I had to rent a tuxedo even though I already own two.
      • On two ‘formal nights,’ some men wear tuxedos but most favor suits or sports coats with slacks.
      • I need to find a place to rent a tuxedo this week in London.
      • Resplendent in a white tuxedo, Mark returned from the punch bowl bearing refreshments.
      • He wore a black tuxedo, ready for another King's Club party.
      • On one pair, she added a velvet ribbon sewn down the legs to imitate tuxedo pants.
      • She walked up to me and straightened the already straight collar of my tuxedo jacket.
      • Again, I single these nice boys out for wearing nice, traditional, classy tuxedoes.
      • He was facing the mirror fixing a black tie on his white tuxedo.
      • He was wearing a black tuxedo with a tie.
      • Shrugging, he picked up one of the frilly tuxedo shirts and held it up to himself.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Tuxedo Park, the site of a country club in New York, where it was first worn.

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