0 the set of clothes typical of a particular country or period of history, or suitable for a particular activity:
Singers performing Mozart's operas often dress in/wear historical costume.
The dancers leading the procession were in colourful and elaborate costumes.
UK The shop has a good selection of bikinis and bathing/swimming costumes.
1 a set of clothes worn in order to look like someone else, esp. for a party or as part of an entertainment:
The children were wearing traditional national costume.
The movie won Oscars for best costumes and best screenplay in this year's awards.
Takers of inventories enumerated costumes, stage sets and machines for operas and balletpantomimes in the same inventory booklets.
The reader had to supply narrative and plot - putting flesh on the bones and costuming (or unveiling) the figure.
When costumes do not clearly indicate the main characters, other factors help to distinguish these figures.
The singers enhance their lyrics with provocative strutting, eye-catching and sometimes outrageous, self-designed costumes.
The costumes are made to be appropriate for them, for something uniquely theirs that they bring to the character they are playing.
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（某國或某一歷史時期或適合某種活動的）服裝, （尤指派對或娛樂活動中穿的）化裝服…
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（某国或某一历史时期或适合某种活动的）服装, （尤指聚会或娱乐活动中穿的）化装服…
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disfraz, traje, disfraz [masculine]…
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fantasia, traje típico, traje de época…
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衣装, （民族）衣装, （時代）衣装…
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kıyafet, kostüm, millî kıyafet…
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costume [masculine], costume…
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disfressa, vestuari, vestit tradicional…
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