livery

英 [ˈlɪvəri]

美 [ˈlɪvəri]

n.  (车辆、飞机等涂的)公司专用色彩; (尤指旧时仆人或官员的)制服

复数：liveries　过去式：liveried　过去分词：liveried　

Collins.1 / BNC.12418 / COCA.22338

牛津词典

noun

• （车辆、飞机等涂的）公司专用色彩
  the colours in which the vehicles, aircraft, etc. of a particular company are painted
• （尤指旧时仆人或官员的）制服
  a special uniform worn by servants or officials, especially in the past

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （仆人的）制服，号衣
  A servant'sliveryis the special uniform that he or she wears.
  1. She was attended by servants in splendid livery and powdered wigs.
     她由穿着华丽制服、头戴扑粉假发的仆人们伺候着。
• N-COUNT （公司的）徽记，专色
  Theliveryof a particular company is the special design or set of colours associated with it that is put on its products and possessions.
  1. ...buffet cars in the railway company's bright red and yellow livery.
     上有铁路公司醒目的红黄专色的餐车

英英释义

noun

• the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay
• the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
  Synonym:deliverylegal transfer
• uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs

adj

• suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
  Synonym:biliousliverish

双语例句

• I saw some servants in livery in his house.
  我在他家里看到一些穿着制服的仆人。
• He wore the ordinary white pinner and leather leggings of a dairy-farmer when milking, and his boots were clogged with the mulch of the yard; but this was all his local livery.
  他系一条普通的白色围裙，腿上打着奶牛场挤奶工人打的绑腿，靴子上沾满了院子里的烂草污泥；不过所有这些装束都是本地的装束。
• He placed the horse at the stable to remain at livery at the rate of 30 shillings a day.
  他把马放在马厩里，每天出30先令请人代养。
• The year will be packed with attendances at fund-raising events organised by the City livery companies, and more than 600 speeches on subjects from financial matters to charity and patronage.
  史达德在这一年间将出席由伦敦同业公会组织的多次筹款活动，并发表从金融事务到慈善和赞助等主题的600多次演讲。
• A worker in a livery stable.
  在车马出租所的工人。
• I didn't think they would find any livery that would fit me.
  我认为他们找的这套装束不太合身。
• He had already engaged a horse and buggy at the livery stable just around the corner from the bank.
  他在银行拐角处的一家车马行里已经把马匹和车辆租妥。
• I just asked. I catched them in the livery barn.
  我只是问问，我在马房那里抓住它们。
• The horses were post; and neither the carriage, nor the livery of the servant who preceded it, were familiar to them.
  马是驿站上的马，至于马车本身，车前待从所穿的号服，他们也不熟悉。
• Footmen in livery and knee-breeches drew back and replaced the guests'chairs when they sat down, while the major-domo ceremoniously ladled out steaming soup from a silver tureen.
  在车身和跟班膝易引起背部和更换了客人的提问时，坐在椅子、而大卫国隆重挟汤蒸出一银瘤胃。