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- a loose dress or blouse for a woman or child, with the upper part closely gathered in smocking女用（或儿童用）宽松裙（或上衣）。
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- a loose overall worn to protect one's clothes罩衣, 工作服：
an artist's smock.
艺术家的工作服。
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- （亦作 smock-frock）historical a smocked linen overgarment worn by an agricultural worker〈史〉（农民穿的亚麻）长罩衣, 长劳动衣。
with obj.［usu. as adj. smocked］
- decorate (something) with smocking用正面刺绣针迹装饰（某物）：
smocked dresses.
正面有刺绣的裙子。
词源
Old English smoc 'woman's loose-fitting undergarment'; probably related to Old English smūgan 'to creep' and Old Norse smjúga 'put on a garment, creep into'. The use of the verb as a needlework term dates from the late 19th cent.