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

• It is going to be a very formal party, white tie and tails for men, full-length gowns for women.
  这是非常正式的宴会，所以男人要打领带、穿燕尾服，女人要穿拖地长裙。
• 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。
• With an evening coat and a white tie, even a stockbroker can gain a reputation for being civilized, said Oscar Wilde, the Irish poet and playwright.
  爱尔兰诗人及剧作家奥斯卡王尔德曾说：就连股票经纪人穿上晚礼服打上白领结之后，也会让人感觉彬彬有礼了。
• 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。
• Those Chinese people also refer to these jobs as "white guy in tie" events, or simply a "face job".
  中国人通常称这些工作为“白佬欢迎团”和“面子工程”。
• 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。
• He is dressed in a blue pullover, white shirt and a green tie, grey trousers.
  他身穿着蓝色套头衫，白衬衫和绿色领带，灰色裤子。
• 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。
• 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。