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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。
华丽的服饰；盛装；鲜艳服装
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华丽的服饰；盛装；鲜艳服装
elaborate or showy clothing and accessories
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。
华丽的服饰或装饰
Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
细微特征
fine point; minute characteristic
精炼炉,用于将生铁转化为熟铁
A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
She dressed in all her finery for the wedding ceremony.
她穿上盛装去参加婚礼仪式。
The guests arrived in their finest finery for the New Year's ball.
宾客们身着华服前来参加新年舞会。
He admired the traditional finery worn by the dancers.
他欣赏舞者们穿的传统华服。
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。
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 与衣物类名词搭配表示穿上；finery 常与所有格连用。
They put on their finery for the New Year parade.
他们穿上盛装去参加新年游行。
Not this
She wore a beautiful finery to the party.
Use this
She wore beautiful finery to the party.
finery 是不可数名词，表示“华丽的服饰、盛装”，前面不能加不定冠词 a。
Not this
The guests showed off their finery dresses.
Use this
The guests showed off their finery.
finery 本身就已经指“漂亮的衣服、服饰”，不能再修饰 dresses；应去掉 dresses。
Not this
She was dressed with all her finery.
Use this
She was dressed in all her finery.
表示“穿着”时用 be dressed in + 衣物/服饰；用 with 表示“带着”或“用”，不能表达“穿着盛装”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
身着全套盛装
The guests arrived in all their finery.
客人们身着全套盛装到场。
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。
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。
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。
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。
穿着最好的衣服，盛装
The whole family arrived at the parade in their Sunday finery.
全家人穿着最好的衣服来到游行现场。
全身华丽打扮，穿着盛装
The children were in all their finery for the school photo.
孩子们穿着盛装拍学校的集体照。
穿着漂亮服饰，打扮得华丽
The guests were decked out in their finery at the New Year party.
来宾们穿着华丽的服饰参加新年晚会。
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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”。
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.