garb

/ɡɑːb/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡɑːrb/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgärb/ (ame, mw)

garb — 名詞

1. the kind of clothing associated with a job, tradition, group, or special event.

1.名詞C1
釋義

裝束

某種身分或場合的服裝

the kind of clothing associated with a job, tradition, group, or special event.

例句

The chef arrived in white garb and a tall paper hat.

那位主廚穿著白色廚師裝束,還戴著高高的紙帽。

garb linked to a professional role

Bright festival garb filled the square with masks and long ribbons.

廣場上滿是鮮豔的節慶裝束、面具和長長的彩帶。

festival garb — clothing for a special event

同義詞
  • attire

    also formal, but broader and more common in careful modern writing

  • clothing

    neutral and general; it does not suggest a distinctive style

  • costume

    narrower; often for performance, disguise, or historical dress

文法句型

[adjective] garb

garb of [group]

用法筆記

Usually used for clothing that feels distinctive, traditional, ceremonial, or tied to a role, rather than for ordinary everyday clothes.

常見錯誤

I packed my beach garb for every ordinary day of the trip.
I packed my beach clothes for the trip.
💡'garb' sounds marked and is usually used for distinctive, role-based, or ceremonial clothing, not any everyday outfit.

garb — 動詞