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单词 finery
释义
finery
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfaɪ.nər.i/us
/ˈfaɪ.nɚ.i/
beautifulclothingandjewellerywornon aspecialoccasion:
（特殊场合穿戴的）华丽衣服及饰物
There we all wereinourfinery,waitingfor thebrideandgroomtoarrive.我们全都盛装出席，等待着新娘和新郎的到来。
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(Definition offineryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

finery| American Dictionary

finery
noun[U]
us
/ˈfɑɪ·nə·ri/
decorativeandexpensiveclothingandjewelrywornon aspecialoccasion:
Thestarsarrivedfor theOscarsdressedin alltheirfinery.
(Definition offineryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffinery

finery
They are shown in theirfinery, with ribbons, bonnets or lacey collars adorning their meagre persons.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Status-conscious gallants sought out the envious glances of those too poor to afford theirfinery.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Rochester overemphasizesfinery, or fine clothes and accessories.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Even given the standards of eighteenth-century military uniforms, representations such as these emphasized the excessivefineryof their dress and the effeminacy of their hairstyles and physical build.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When they return from work they have tea, put on theirfinery.
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A nation measures its wealth not in jewellery and infinerybut in the numbers of its well-fed and happy people.
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There we are spending priceless pounds on fopperies and fineries which no woman requires.
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When he talks about fineries and snobberies, does he want to eliminate the grammar school and to concentrate on the comprehensive school?
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They could still walk with all theirfinery.
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After all, if we are thinking of fineries and snobberies in education, the grammar school is one of those fineries and snobberies, at any rate in one aspect.
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Sophonisba is distinctly unhappy and when she appears in herfineryat the betrothal ceremony she swoons and breaks the ceremonial vessel.
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At various times a water powered blast furnace existed as well as (intermittently) afineryforge.
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The women weave the best of traditional garments and adorn themselves with all theirfinery.
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Following out this idea, he discusses in a casuistic form food and drink, dress and love offinery, bodily exercises and social conduct.
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Dressed infineryis the minstrel, who smiles and asks why she is crying on her wedding day.
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