costume
US: /ˈkɑstum/, /kɑˈstum/
UK: /kˈɒstjuːm/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
costume /'kɔstju:m/- danh từ
- quần áo, y phục
- national costume: quần áo dân tộc
- cách ăn mặc, trang phục, phục sức
- costume ball
- buổi khiêu vũ cải trang
- costume jewellery
- đồ nữ trang giả
- costume piece (play)
- vở kịch có y phục lịch sử
- quần áo, y phục
- ngoại động từ
- mặc quần áo cho
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C, U] the clothes worn by people from a particular place or during a particular historical period: Some of the singers wore the Welsh national costume.
2 [C, U] the clothes worn by actors in a play or film/movie, or worn by sb to make them look like sth else: The actors were still in costume and make-up. + She has four costume changes during the play. + He went to the party in a giant chicken costume. + a costume designer
3 [C] (BrE, informal) = SWIMMING COSTUME: If you'd like a swim, we can lend you a costume.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
dress, clothing, attire, clothes, garb, apparel, raiment, garments, outfit, vestment, livery, uniform, kit, Colloq gear, togs, get-up; Slang rags, US threads:
What kind of costume is Celia wearing to the fancy-dress ball?
Collocation
ADJ.
full
For the dress rehearsal, the cast will be in full costume.
| colourful, elaborate, lavish | national, traditional | period | eighteenth-century, Victorian, etc. | clown, fairy, etc.
VERB + COSTUME
be dressed in, dress in, have on, wear
He had a cowboy costume on.
COSTUME + NOUN
design | designer | drama
The film is a costume drama based on a 19th-century novel.
| change
The main character had five costume changes.
PREP.
in ~
The battle was re-enacted by actors in period costume.
Concise dictionary
costumes|costumed|costuming'kɒstjuːmnoun
+the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
+unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place
+the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
+the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
verb
+dress in a costume
+furnish with costumes; as for a film or play
