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。
• Nobel prize winners gathered in Stockholm on Monday in white tie and tails for the official 2012 awards ceremony in the company of Carl XVI Gustaf, the reigning king of Sweden.
  在瑞典执政国王古斯塔夫十六世的陪伴下，诺贝尔奖获得者周一打着领带穿着燕尾服聚集在斯德哥尔摩2012年正式颁奖典礼上。
• He had an important appointment after class one day. He put on a white shirt, a tie and a conservative dark suit.
  一天下课后他有个重要的约会，他穿了一件白色衬衫，领带和保守的深色套装。
• Penn was seen standing opposite Blake at the altar, looking dapper in a grey tuxedo-style suit with white shirt and grey tie.
  佩恩在神坛上站在了布莱克对面，一身灰色无尾礼服搭配白衬衫和灰色领结看上去风度翩翩。
• Michelle wore a simple knee-length black dress, with a dainty pair of black heels, while Barack opted for his standard outfit-a dark grey suit and a white shirt without a tie.
  第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马当晚身穿长及膝盖的黑色露背连衣裙，她老公呢？奥巴马先生也搭配传统的黑色西装一同出席，随性的他更以“无领带”样子出现。
• And I need my white shirt, my red tie and my blue blazer.
  我还要我的白衬衫，红领带和蓝色夹克衫。
• 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。
• 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 was wearing a white shirt and a red tie.
  他穿着一件白衬衫并系了一条红领带。（n.领带）
• 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？