核心畫面

Picture someone measuring you first, then cutting the cloth to those measurements. Nothing is made before the shape is known. That order — measure the person, then make the thing — is what the word carries.

tailored 可以想成一個裁縫師的動作:先量你的肩寬、腰圍,再照著這些數字下刀裁布。順序很重要——先看清楚對象的更多收起tailored 可以想成一個裁縫師的動作:先量你的肩寬、腰圍,再照著這些數字下刀裁布。順序很重要——先看清楚對象的形狀,才開始做東西。這個字帶著的就是這個順序。做出來的東西不是先做好放在那裡等人來拿,而是照著某一個人長出來的。衣服是這樣,計畫和建議也是這樣。

From the word’s history

Tailored is the past participle of the verb tailor, which comes from the noun tailor, a person who cuts and sews clothes to fit.

tailored 是動詞 tailor 的過去分詞,而 tailor 這個字本身就是「裁縫師」。所以這個字的底層畫面一直沒離開過裁縫的桌子:量了再裁。

Wiktionary entry for tailored (kaikki extract: verb form 'simple past and past participle of tailor')

Two branches

照身形裁出來的衣服

最原本的那一刀:量的是身體,裁的是布。

adjective · B2

Clothes that are tailored have been cut and sewn to follow the shape of a body closely, so they fit well and keep a neat, clean line.

合身剪裁的

照需求做出來的東西

同一個動作,量的東西從身體換成了需求。

adjective · B2

Made or changed so that it fits one person's or one group's exact needs or situation, instead of being the same for everybody.

量身打造的

原始詞典資料3 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。

tailoredadj

  • 1

    Adjusted by a tailor, fitted.

    • Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
  • 2

    Made by a tailor.

    • His expensive tailored shirts didn't look that much better than off-the-rack, but they lasted much longer.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。