| 词组 | garb |
| 释义 | garb Some criticism has been directed at garb, essentially because it is seen as a needless synonym for more straightforward words, such as clothes and clothing. Garb continues in reputable use, however, both as a noun and as a verb, and its use should give you little concern. The noun in its literal sense most often denotes a highly distinctive outfit, and it is likely chosen over a more ordinary word because the clothes it describes are themselves out of the ordinary: • ... the baroque, beaded beauty of ceremonial garb —S. K. Oberbeck, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 1973 • ... a man in priestly garb was selling medallions — Lawrence Van Gelder, N.Y. Times, 3 Oct. 1979 • ... got hold of some traditional Hasidic garb —John Gross, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 1 Apr. 1984 The noun also has a common figurative use, in which it typically describes a deliberately deceptive outward appearance: • ... cloak ordinary observations in a garb of specious profundity —Walter Kendrick, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 4 Sept 1983 The verb garb occurs most often as a past participle. Like the noun, it has both literal and figurative uses: • ... garbed impeccably but anachronistically in Forties evening dress —Bruce Cook, Saturday Rev., 1 Nov. 1975 • ... do not relish magnificent dishonesty garbed as gospel —Fred Rodell, Saturday Rev., 14 Mar. 1953 |
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