a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period (特定国家或历史时期流行的)服装;全套服饰 authentic Elizabethan costumes. 真正的伊丽莎白时期的服饰。 [mass noun]a Chinese woman in national costume. 穿着民族服装的中国妇女。 ■a set of clothes worn by an actor or performer for a particular role 戏服;演出服 a nun's costume. 尼姑的演出服。 ■(Brit.)a swimming costume (英)泳衣;泳装 ■(Brit. dated)a woman's matching jacket and skirt (英,旧)女式套装 a chic black costume and white fur wrap. 时髦的黑色套装和白色毛皮围巾。
verb
[with obj.]dress (someone) in a particular set of clothes 给(某人)穿上特殊服装 an all-woman troupe elaborately costumed in clinging silver lame. 穿着缀有银片的精致服饰的女子歌舞团。
语源
early 18th cent.: from French, from Italian costume 'custom, fashion, habit', from Latin consuetudo (see custom)