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modiste

/moh-deest; French maw-deest/US // moʊˈdist; French mɔˈdist //UK // (məʊˈdiːst) //

模特儿,模仿者,模板人,模特儿们

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mo·distes [moh-deests; French maw-deest]. /moʊˈdists; French mɔˈdist/.

    • : Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.

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Examples

  • Her dwelling, which I first visited with Evie and her aunt, was on the first floor of the modiste's at the back.

  • And you think of the feelings of your modiste, and ignore those of your poor old (but well-preserved) Godmother!

  • The scene is at a dressmaker's; the cast: the modiste, two dressmakers, and sewing-girls.

  • The modiste, oppressed by the sad songs that portray their own unhappiness, bids them sing of other people's happiness.

  • First in a milliner shop; then as dresser to a model in the shop of a swell modiste; always watching how the ladies behave.