white tie

英 [ˌwaɪt ˈtaɪ]

美 [ˌwaɪt ˈtaɪ]

n.  (男用)白领结，正式晚礼服

牛津词典

noun

• （男用）白领结，正式晚礼服
  a man's white bow tie , also used to mean very formal evening dress for men
  1. dressed in white tie and tails
     身穿燕尾服打着白领结

英英释义

noun

• formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
  Synonym:dress suitfull dresstailcoattail coattailswhite tie and tails
• bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress

双语例句

• As presidents& As President Obama surveys the Waldorf banquet room with everyone in white tie and finery, you have to wonder what he is thinking. So little time, so much to redistribute.
  当奥巴马总统环视沃尔多夫宴会厅时，你们大概要好奇他会想些什么：时间快不够用了，还有很多家产没分完呐。
• The pop/ electronica band The White Tie Affair chose to name themselves with this idiom.
  流行摇滚/电子乐队TheWhiteTieAffair就是以这个习语命名的。
• He's wearing a blue suit with a white shirt and a striped tie, and he's smoking a cigarette.
  他身穿蓝色西服，配上白衬衣和条纹领带，抽着烟。
• He wears green trousers, a white shirt and a grey tie.
  他穿绿色长裤，白色衬衫，打一条灰色的领带。
• Often in a crisp white shirt and tie, he seems happy to play the professorial elder statesman.
  他经常穿着笔挺的白衬衣，打着领带，似乎乐于扮演老一辈学者型政治家的角色。
• It was going to be a very formal affair, white tie and tails for the men, sweeping gowns for the women.
  这是正式的宴会，所以男人要带领带，穿燕尾服，女人们要穿长及地板的裙袍。
• I hope you don't mind my asking by why do you always wear that white tie.
  我希望你不介意我这么问，但你为什么总是戴那条白色领带呢？
• A few minutes later Kravis appears, wearing a white shirt and checked tie, with a striking gold tiepin.
  克雷维斯随后也到了，穿着白衬衫、打着格子领带，金领带夹引人注目。
• With an evening coat and a white tie, as you told me once, anybody, even a stock-broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized.
  你有一次跟我说过，无论是谁，哪怕是个证券商人，只要穿上晚礼服，戴上白领结，也就能博得文明人的雅誉。
• But could she really picture him dressed for the opera or the theater, in white tie and tails?
  可是她真的幻想他扎着白色领带穿着燕尾服出现在剧院。