tailor

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈteɪlə/    /ˈteɪlɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
    — He works as a tailor on Swanston Street.
  2. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Australia
    — The tailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line.
动词 v.
  1. To make, repair, or alter clothes. ambitransitive
    — We can tailor that jacket for you if you like.
  2. To make or adapt (something) for a specific need. figuratively,transitive
    — The website was tailored to the client's needs.
  3. To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need. figuratively,transitive
    — a narrowly tailored law

词形变化

tailors plural tailour alternative,obsolete taylor alternative,obsolete taylour alternative,obsolete tailors present,singular,third-person tailoring participle,present tailored participle,past tailored past tailour alternative,obsolete taylor alternative,obsolete taylour alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English taillour, from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin tāliō, from Latin tālea (“a cutting”). Doublet of tailleur.
Compare typologically German Schneider (akin to English snithe); Macedonian кројач (krojač), Polish krawiec (akin to Proto-Slavic *krojiti).
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English taillour, from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin tāliō, from Latin tālea (“a cutting”). Doublet of tailleur.
Compare typologically German Schneider (akin to English snithe); Macedonian кројач (krojač), Polish krawiec (akin to Proto-Slavic *krojiti).
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