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sarong

/suh-rawng, -rong/US // səˈrɔŋ, -ˈrɒŋ //UK // (səˈrɒŋ) //

纱笼,纱布,纱罗,纱丽

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
    • : a cloth for such garments.

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Examples

  • There were rich, cozy-looking linens, used for knee-length skirts -- inspired, perhaps, by a sarong.

  • A delightful figure was that of a Moro dressed in a faded sarong drawn closely about him from waist to knee.

  • As elsewhere, but few clothes are seen: the women wear a short striped skirt sarong-wise, but bare the bosom.

  • The usual fashion in clothes prevailed; gee-string for the men, and short sarong-like skirt for the women.

  • Hassan is a perfect gentleman in manner, and in that silk jacket of his and handsome sarong he really looks like a prince.

  • The women, with oblique eyes and oval faces, wear the gay sarong and white kabaja customary in Eastern Java.