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a [adjective] kilt
kilt 是可数名词，通常指苏格兰高地男子穿的及膝百褶格呢裙。
He wore a traditional Scottish kilt at the wedding.
他在婚礼上穿着一条传统的苏格兰短裙。
苏格兰短裙
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
苏格兰短裙
a knee-length pleated tartan skirt traditionally worn by men in the Scottish Highlands
He wore a traditional Scottish kilt at the wedding.
他在婚礼上穿着一条传统的苏格兰短裙。
一种传统的苏格兰服装,通常由男性穿着,形态大致类似于围裹裙,前襟重叠,侧面和背面打褶,通常由斜纹精纺羊毛制成,带有格子图案。
A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern.
一种格子呢百褶校服裙,有时为围裹式,有时整圈打褶；19世纪美国男孩也穿着。
A plaid, pleated school uniform skirt sometimes structured as a wraparound, sometimes pleated throughout the entire circumference; also worn by boys in the 19th-century United States.
一种为男性制作的非分腿服装,大致类似苏格兰短裙,但通常由不同面料制成,并不总是带有格子图案。
A variety of non-bifurcated garments made for men and loosely resembling a Scottish kilt, but most often made from different fabrics and not always with tartan plaid designs.
He wore a traditional kilt to the wedding in Edinburgh.
他在爱丁堡的婚礼上穿着传统的苏格兰短裙。
The shop sells kilts in many different tartan patterns.
这家商店出售多种不同格子图案的苏格兰短裙。
My uncle prefers to wear a kilt at family gatherings.
我叔叔在家庭聚会上喜欢穿苏格兰短裙。
kilt 是可数名词，通常指苏格兰高地男子穿的及膝百褶格呢裙。
He wore a traditional Scottish kilt at the wedding.
他在婚礼上穿着一条传统的苏格兰短裙。
kilt 作及物动词时表示把衣裙卷起或掖起。
She kilted her long skirt up to cross the stream.
她把长裙卷起来以便过小溪。
kilt 作不及物动词时表示移动，常后接表示方向或地点的状语。
The children kilted along the lane.
孩子们沿着小巷轻快地跑去。
Not this
He is wearing kilt.
Use this
He is wearing a kilt.
kilt 是单数可数名词，单独作宾语时前面需要有冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，所以学习者容易漏掉，应说 a kilt。
Not this
The dancers wore kilt at the festival.
Use this
The dancers wore kilts at the festival.
dancers 是复数，对应的 kilt 也应为复数 kilts；汉语名词没有复数变化，因此要记住在可数名词后加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
穿苏格兰短裙
He wore a kilt to the wedding.
他穿苏格兰短裙去参加婚礼。
传统苏格兰短裙
The traditional kilt is made of tartan wool.
传统苏格兰短裙由格子呢羊毛制成。
苏格兰短裙别针
She fastened the kilt pin to his outfit.
她把苏格兰短裙别针别在他的服装上。
百褶苏格兰短裙
A pleated kilt takes time to fold properly.
百褶苏格兰短裙需要时间好好折叠。
苏格兰式短裙
The Scottish kilt is a symbol of Highland heritage.
苏格兰式短裙是高地传统的象征。
变得心烦意乱；生气
Don't get your kilt in a twist; it's just a small problem.
别为此心烦意乱，这只是个小问题。
这不是裙子，是苏格兰短裙。常用在欧美影视和网络段子里，当苏格兰短裙被误认为普通裙子时的经典纠正说法。
At the Highland Games, he told the tourists, "It's not a skirt; it's a kilt."
在高地运动会上，他告诉游客：“这不是裙子，是苏格兰短裙。”
Use kilt naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
kilt 音近“kil”，联想苏格兰男人穿的及膝格纹短裙，褶裥是它的标志。
语域：neutral 常见场景：talking about traditional Scottish dress、cultural festivals or parades、describing historical clothing kilt 作名词时通常指苏格兰传统短裙，属中性词；多用于描述苏格兰文化、节庆或传统服饰的语境，正式演讲和日常交谈中都可以用。
以上均以 /ɪlt/ 结尾，与 kilt 真押韵。注意 built 和 guilt 拼写中含不发音的 -u-；另如 kite /kaɪt/ 与 kilt 形近但读音不同，容易混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.