tailor

• vt. 剪裁；使合适
• n. 裁缝
• vi. 做裁缝
• n. (Tailor)人名；(英)泰勒

来自古法语 tailleor,裁缝，来自 tailler,剪，切，来自拉丁语 taliare,分开，剪开，来自 talea,砍， 小枝，嫩枝，词源同 tally,retail.

1. a person whose occupation is making and altering garments

tailor

tailor: [13] A tailor is etymologically a ‘cutter’. The word was acquired from Anglo-Norman taillour, a variant of Old French tailleur. This went back to Vulgar Latin *tāliātor ‘cutter’, a derivative of *tāliāre ‘cut’, which in turn was formed from Latin tālea ‘cutting’ (in the sense of a ‘piece of a plant removed for grafting or regrowing’).

The specific application of the word to a ‘cutter or maker of clothes’ was foreshadowed in medieval Latin tāliātor vestium and Old French tailleur d’habits, and by the time it reached English, the memory of its etymological connection with ‘cutting’ had virtually disappeared; indeed in strict technical usage tailor ‘person who makes up clothes’ contrasts with cutter ‘person who cuts out the cloth’.

Other English descendants of tālea include detail, entail, retail, and tally [15] (which depends on another meaning of tālea, ‘twig’, hence ‘notches cut on a stick for counting’).
=> detail, entail, retail, tally

tailor (n.)

c. 1300, from Anglo-French tailour, Old French tailleor "tailor," also "stone-mason" (13c., Modern French tailleur), literally "a cutter," from tailler "to cut," from Late Latin or old Medieval Latin taliare "to split" (compare Medieval Latin taliator vestium "a cutter of clothes"), from Latin talea "a slender stick, rod, staff; a cutting, twig."

Although historically the tailor is the cutter, in the trade the 'tailor' is the man who sews or makes up what the 'cutter' has shaped. [OED]

The post-Latin sense development would be "piece of a plant cut for grafting," hence a verb, "cut a shoot," then, generally, "to cut." Possible cognates include Sanskrit talah "wine palm," Old Lithuanian talokas "a young girl," Greek talis "a marriageable girl" (for sense, compare slip of a girl, twiggy), Etruscan Tholna, name of the goddess of youth.

Kent. ... You cowardly rascal, nature disclaims in thee; a tailor made thee.
Corn. Thou art a strange fellow: a tailor make a man?
Kent. Ay, a tailor, sir: a stone cutter, or a painter, could not have made him so ill, though they had been but two hours at the trade.
["King Lear"]

One who makes outer garments to order, as opposed to a clothier, who makes them for sale ready-made. Tailor-made first recorded 1832 (in a figurative sense); literal sense was "heavy and plain, with attention to exact fit and with little ornamentation," as of women's garments made by a tailor rather than a dress-maker.

tailor (v.)

1660s, from tailor (n.). Figurative sense of "to design (something) to suit needs" is attested from 1942. Related: Tailored; tailoring.

A gamification strategy that is not sufficiently thought through or well tailored to its players may engage people for a little while, but it will not motivate people in the long term.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys' learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study's author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

teaching can be tailored to suit the characteristics of boys

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

All girls schools tend to be smaller than coeducational schools, which means teachers would be able to tailor the materials to girl students' personal learning styles and interest.

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

A tailor named John Dane, who emigrated in the late 1630s, left an account of his reasons for leaving England that is filled with signs.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

Special programmes of study are tailored to the needs of specific groups.

制订特殊课程，以满足特定群体的需要。

牛津词典

Most travel agents are prepared to tailor travel arrangements to meet individual requirements.

为了满足个别需要，大多数旅行社都愿意做出专门的旅游安排。

牛津词典

We can tailor the program to the patient's needs.

我们可以根据病人的需要调整治疗方案。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...how the local forces were trying to tailor their policing style to increase public confidence.

地方部队如何努力调整治安维护方式以增强公众信心

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He asked the tailor to lengthen his coat.

他请裁缝把他的外衣放长些.

辞典例句

Ross, tell him. Isn't that how a tailor measures pants?

罗斯, 告诉他裁缝量裤子不都是这样 嘛 ?

期刊摘选

He established himeself as a tailor.

他以做裁缝为业.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The tailor took my measure for a new suit.

裁缝量了我的尺寸准备为我做套新衣服.

《简明英汉词典》

A tailor who specialized in them built himself agrand mansion, which locals called Piccadilly Hall.

有个优秀的裁缝为自己建了一栋大厦, 坐落在皮卡迪利大街(PiccadillyHall)上.

期刊摘选

He asked the tailor to make over his trousers.

他叫裁缝修改他的裤子.

《简明英汉词典》

The tailor has butchered this suit.

那裁缝把这套衣服做坏了.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

This tailor got a reputation for poor sewing and tailoring.

人们对这个裁缝的评语是缝纫和裁剪都很糟糕.

期刊摘选

Segmentation of the market allows the bank to tailor its approach to the customers'requirement.

市场细分可使银行服务满足客户的需要.

辞典例句

The tailor sniffed off the surplus thread of the coat after he finished it.

裁缝做完上衣后把多余的线剪去了.

期刊摘选

Lefkowitz likes to buy a jacket in size 36 short and take it to a tailor.

莱夫寇维兹喜欢买短36码外套,再拿到裁缝那儿修改.

期刊摘选

Ask the tailor to lengthen this skirt.

请裁缝把这条裙子放长.

辞典例句

The sleeves are too big, I'll ask a tailor to narrow them.

衣袖太大了, 我让裁缝改窄点.

期刊摘选

The need to tailor release rate profiles from polymeric microspheres is a significant problem.

需要得到多聚体微球的释放率情况,这是一个非常大的难题.

期刊摘选

The tailor said your dress is almost ready, he just needs to machine the hem.

裁缝说您的礼服已经差不多做好了, 只需再用缝纫机缝个边即可.

期刊摘选

The tailor lined my coat with silk.

裁缝用绸作我外衣的衬里.

《简明英汉词典》

The tailor has cut my coat very well.

裁缝把我的外衣裁得很好.

《简明英汉词典》

Mr. Tailor is a good judge of the fine arts.

泰勒先生是美术鉴赏行家.

《简明英汉词典》

The pianist had to tailor his style to suit the vocalist's distinctive voice.

钢琴手不得不改变风格以配合歌手独特的嗓音.

《简明英汉词典》

I was put in the tailor shop, and I loved it. I was promoted to overseer.

我被安排到缝纫车间，结果我很喜欢这项工作，后来还晋升为工头。

柯林斯例句