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From the word’s history

From Middle English taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Latin tālea 'a cutting'.

源自古法文 tailleor，最早來自拉丁文 tālea「切下的一段」。

Wiktionary

Picture the person with the measuring tape around their neck: they take your shoulders, your arm, your waist, and then cut the cloth to those numbers — nobody else's. That image of measuring one body and shaping the thing to fit it is what the whole word carries, whether the thing being shaped is a jacket or a training course.

可以想成：脖子上掛著皮尺的那個人。他量你的肩、你的手長、你的腰，然後照這些數字裁布——別人的尺寸不算數。整個字帶的就是這個畫面：先量這一個對象，再把東西照他的形狀做出來。後來被裁剪的東西不一定是衣服，可能是一套課程、一份方案，但「照這一個人的尺寸來」的味道沒有變。

同家族的字

n tailors

v tailored tailored tailoring tailors

用法接近

fashion designercutteralterationsmodifydesignpersonalize

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

Tailorname

  • 1

    A surname originating as an occupation for a tailor.

tailornoun/ˈteɪlɚ/

  • 1

    A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

    • He works as a tailor on Swanston Street.
  • 2

    Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

    • The tailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line.

tailorverb/ˈteɪlɚ/

  • 1

    To make, repair, or alter clothes.

    • We can tailor that jacket for you if you like.
  • 2

    To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.

    • The website was tailored to the client's needs.
    • [C]aregivers from diverse backgrounds may experience variations in the emergence of depressive symptoms, necessitating distinct strategies for support tailored to their individual needs.
  • 3

    To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.

    • a narrowly tailored law

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。