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dressmaking

/dres-mey-ker/US // ˈdrɛsˌmeɪ kər //UK // (ˈdrɛsˌmeɪkə) //

缝纫,制衣,制衣业,缝纫机

Related Words

tailor裁缝师,裁缝,裁缝员,尾随者designer设计师,设计者,设计器,设计员sewer下水道,污水处理厂,污水管,污水处理fitter装配工,钳工,装配师,适应者modiste模特儿,模仿者,模板人,模特儿们

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having soft lines or elaborate detail.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inrag trade
Synonyms
seventh avenue第七大道,第七大街,七号大街,七号大道fashion design时尚设计,时装设计,服装设计garment industry制衣业,服装业,成衣业,制衣行业garment making制衣,成衣制作,制衣业,服装制作haute couture高级时尚,高级时装,高端时尚,高档时尚tailoring裁缝,缝制,裁缝学,裁缝师
as insewing
Synonyms
patching修补,补丁,打补丁,补缀tailoring裁缝,缝制,裁缝学,裁缝师backstitching倒缝,倒缝法,后缝,背缝darning缝补,缝制,缝合,缝纫mending补缀,修补,补习,缝补needlecraft针法,针灸术,针线活,针锋相对needlework针线活,针线活儿,针线工作,针线活计seaming缝合,缝制,拼接,接合stitchery缝制,缝合,针线活,缝纫

Examples

  • This version of Ella isn’t just trying to land a prince, but a successful career as a dressmaker.

  • She certainly does not feel the need for a full time dressmaker like Angela Kelly.

  • She grew up in luxury surrounded by staff, including a dressmaker who taught Margit how to make doll clothes.

  • An interest in fashion ran in the family—her mother was a dressmaker and her father once worked as a shoe salesman.

  • Words that form the credo of any artist who has hit her stride, be she painter, writer, or dressmaker.

  • Her book, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana , will be published by HarperCollins in March 2011.

  • Her clothes were good and new, but some desolate dressmaker had contrived to invest them with an air of hopeless dowdiness.

  • It appears that some years before her marriage she had worked as dressmaker for the Birotteaus.

  • The inexorable dressmaker cannot conceal from Caroline the fact that her form is altered.

  • She is an admirable young woman, and was a dressmaker before he married her.

  • The designing and cutting are the work of a head dressmaker.

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