fancy dress

noun
🔊/ˌfænsi ˈdres/
🔊/ˌfænsi ˈdres/
[uncountable] (British English)
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  1. clothes that you wear, especially at parties, to make you appear to be a different character化装服;化装舞会服
    • guests in fancy dress身着化装服的客人们
    • I went to a fancy-dress party as a pirate.我扮作海盗去参加了一场化装晚会。
    see also costume, masquerade
    Extra Examples
    • Many of the marathon runners compete in fancy dress.许多马拉松选手身着奇装异服参加比赛。
    • Several of the managers donned fancy dress for the office party.几位经理穿着化装服来参加公司聚会。
    • The streets were full of people in fancy dress.大街上到处都是穿着化装的人。
    Topics Clothes and Fashionb2, Religion and festivalsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + fancy dress
    • don
    • wear
    fancy-dress + noun
    • ball
    • party
    • costume
    preposition
    • in fancy dress
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