Picture someone measuring you first, then cutting the cloth to those measurements. Nothing is made before the shape is known. That order — measure the person, then make the thing — is what the word carries.
tailored 可以想成一個裁縫師的動作:先量你的肩寬、腰圍,再照著這些數字下刀裁布。順序很重要——先看清楚對象的形狀,才開始做東西。這個字帶著的就是這個順序。做出來的東西不是先做好放在那裡等人來拿,而是照著某一個人長出來的。衣服是這樣,計畫和建議也是這樣。
From the word’s history
Tailored is the past participle of the verb tailor, which comes from the noun tailor, a person who cuts and sews clothes to fit.
tailored 是動詞 tailor 的過去分詞,而 tailor 這個字本身就是「裁縫師」。所以這個字的底層畫面一直沒離開過裁縫的桌子:量了再裁。
Wiktionary entry for tailored (kaikki extract: verb form 'simple past and past participle of tailor')
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
tailoredadj
- 1
Adjusted by a tailor, fitted.
- Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
- 2
Made by a tailor.
- His expensive tailored shirts didn't look that much better than off-the-rack, but they lasted much longer.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。