Word · Frequency #19984
finery
华丽的服饰；盛装；鲜艳服装
elaborate or showy clothing and accessories
- 1.
Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
华丽的服饰或装饰
- 2.
fine point; minute characteristic
细微特征
- 3.
A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
精炼炉,用于将生铁转化为熟铁
华丽的服饰或装饰；细微特征；精炼炉,用于将生铁转化为熟铁；(华丽的)装饰；(华丽的)服饰
In use
She dressed in all her finery for the wedding ceremony.
The guests arrived in their finest finery for the New Year's ball.
He admired the traditional finery worn by the dancers.
be dressed in finery
finery 表示华丽的服饰时是不可数名词，通常不加复数。
The guests were dressed in colorful finery for the carnival.
客人们穿着色彩鲜艳的盛装参加狂欢节。
in all one's finery
这是固定搭配，表示穿着最漂亮或最正式的服装；one's 随主语变化。
She arrived in all her finery, ready for the wedding.
她穿着盛装到达，准备参加婚礼。
put on one's finery
put on 与衣物类名词搭配表示穿上；finery 常与所有格连用。
Connections
Collocations
- in all one's finery
- 身着全套盛装
- The guests arrived in all their finery.客人们身着全套盛装到场。
- Sunday finery
- 最好的衣服；节日盛装
- She put on her Sunday finery for the picnic.她穿上自己最好的衣服去野餐。
- wedding finery
- 婚礼盛装
- The bride's wedding finery was an elegant white gown.新娘的婚礼盛装是一条优雅的白色长裙。
- ceremonial finery
- 礼仪盛装；庆典华服
- The soldiers wore ceremonial finery for the parade.士兵们穿着礼仪盛装参加游行。
- show off one's finery
- 炫耀自己的华丽服饰
- He showed off his finery at the ball.他在舞会上炫耀自己的华丽服饰。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
finery 以 fine（精致、漂亮）开头，想象穿上精致漂亮的服饰去赴宴，这就是“盛装、华丽服饰”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：weddings and ceremonial occasions、describing someone's fancy outfit、written or descriptive narratives finery 通常指华丽显眼的衣饰，多用于婚礼、庆典等正式或隆重场合，也常见于书面描写；日常口语里用得不多，稍微带一点正式或文学色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
只有 winery (/ˈwaɪnəri/) 与 finery 押韵（重读元音及之后部分相同：/aɪnəri/）。其余 -ery 结尾的词虽然拼写相近，但元音或辅音不同：scenery /ˈsiːnəri/、machinery /məˈʃiːnəri/、bakery /ˈbeɪkəri/、nursery /ˈnɜːrsəri/、surgery /ˈsɜːrdʒəri/，它们都不与 finery 押韵，注意不要按 finery 的读音类推。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.