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单词 white-glove
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Definition of white-glove in English:

white-glove

adjective
North American
  • Providing or involving meticulous care, attention, or service.

    you went to the best restaurant in town where they gave you white-glove service
    the sprawling resorts and white-glove hotels in and around San Juan
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There has never been a better opportunity to buy a trophy penthouse in a white-glove Park Avenue building.
    • The gated neighborhood suited the family just fine, and the house itself toes the line of being white-glove pristine.
    • "Horticulture" may bring to mind white-glove garden clubs and genteel lectures about growing better roses.
    • Spa treatments and other impressive inclusions complete this white-glove winter getaway.
    • The problem is that such white-glove perfectionist treatment causes too many people to treat reviews as the last word on a show.
    • He lobbied the diplomats during a formal, white-glove lunch featuring several courses and many more toasts.
    • Only here do they keep up with the white-glove butler service.
    • With views of both the Rodney Bay and the open Atlantic, the white-glove dining restaurant serves my favourite king crab legs.
    • The relief commander conducts a white-glove inspection of the rifle.
    • The Clean Streets Committee has dug in to bring its neighborhood up to Beacon Hill white-glove standards.
    Synonyms
    careful, conscientious, diligent, ultra-careful, scrupulous, punctilious, painstaking, demanding, exacting, accurate, correct

Origin

1950s: probably with reference to the white gloves traditionally worn by butlers or other domestic servants.

Definition of white-glove in US English:

white-glove

adjective
North American
  • Providing or involving meticulous care, attention, or service.

    you went to the best restaurant in town where they gave you white-glove service
    the sprawling resorts and white-glove hotels in and around San Juan
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With views of both the Rodney Bay and the open Atlantic, the white-glove dining restaurant serves my favourite king crab legs.
    • The relief commander conducts a white-glove inspection of the rifle.
    • Spa treatments and other impressive inclusions complete this white-glove winter getaway.
    • The problem is that such white-glove perfectionist treatment causes too many people to treat reviews as the last word on a show.
    • The Clean Streets Committee has dug in to bring its neighborhood up to Beacon Hill white-glove standards.
    • The gated neighborhood suited the family just fine, and the house itself toes the line of being white-glove pristine.
    • "Horticulture" may bring to mind white-glove garden clubs and genteel lectures about growing better roses.
    • He lobbied the diplomats during a formal, white-glove lunch featuring several courses and many more toasts.
    • There has never been a better opportunity to buy a trophy penthouse in a white-glove Park Avenue building.
    • Only here do they keep up with the white-glove butler service.
    Synonyms
    careful, conscientious, diligent, ultra-careful, scrupulous, punctilious, painstaking, demanding, exacting, accurate, correct

Origin

1950s: probably with reference to the white gloves traditionally worn by butlers or other domestic servants.

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