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Loose-fitting clothes are cut big. They do not sit tight on the body; they hang, they leave space, they are usually worn for comfort, heat, or a relaxed look. A loose-fitting shirt, loose-fitting trousers, a loose-fitting dress.
Loose-fitting clothesLoose-fitting的衣服 are cut big剪裁比較大件。They它們 do not sit tight on the body不會貼在身上;they它們 hang垂垂的,they leave space留有空間,they它們 are usually worn for comfort, heat, or a relaxed look通常是為了舒服、透氣,或休閒的感覺才穿的。A loose-fitting shirt, loose-fitting trousers, a loose-fitting dress像loose-fitting shirt、loose-fitting trousers、a loose-fitting dress。
The opposite idea is tight-fitting or close-fitting.
The opposite idea相反的概念 is是 tight-fitting or close-fittingtight-fitting或close-fitting。
Loose here is about the cut, not about morals (a loose person) and not about something coming undone (a loose screw), though those are the same spelling. You can also say the clothes are loose, but loose-fitting makes it clear you mean the fit on purpose, not that the garment is the wrong size or falling off.
Loose here這裡的loose is about the cut說的是剪裁,not about morals不是講品行 (a loose person像a loose person) and而且 not about something coming undone也不是講東西鬆脫了 (a loose screw像a loose screw),though不過 those are the same spelling這些是同樣的拼法。You can also say你也可以說 the clothes are loose衣服很loose,but不過 loose-fittingloose-fitting makes it clear能講清楚 you mean the fit on purpose你指的是刻意做寬鬆的版型,not that the garment is the wrong size or falling off而不是尺寸不對或快掉了。
when it comes before a noun.
Hyphenated放在名詞前面時要加連字號 when it comes before a noun。
組成loose (“not tight”) + fitting (“how it sits on the body”). A compound adjective.
同家族的字
- loosethe first half: not tight
- fitthe verb under fitting: how clothes sit on you
- tight-fittingthe opposite compound, built the same way
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
loose-fittingadj
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Baggy, not tight.
- she has a midnight curfew and has a wardrobe that is mostly unflattering (being that she is pretty, she is seen in sweatpants and loose-fitting blouses.)
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。