especially: a tall freestanding cabinet with a rod for hanging clothes
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: a large trunk in which clothes may be hung upright
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: the department of a royal or noble household entrusted with the care of wearing apparel, jewels, and personal articles
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There is a lot of word history packed into wardrobe. The word was borrowed by Middle-English speakers from a variant of Anglo-French garderobe. A combination of garder and robe, garderobe itself has been borrowed into English as a synonym of wardrobe. If the roots of garderobe look familiar, it is because they are the source of a number of different English words. Garder has given us the verbs guard and ward. And French robe, of course, is the source of the English robe and shares its own origins with the English verbs rob and reave (a synonym of plunder). If this connection seems odd, it might help to know that robe can be traced back to Germanic origins related to the Old High German words roub ("booty" or "looted clothing") and roubōn ("to rob").
Example Sentences
She has a new summer wardrobe. She went to wardrobe for her fitting.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English warderobe, from Anglo-French *warderobe, garderobe, from warder, garder to guard + robe robe
1for storing clothes衣櫥➡ see also closetADJECTIVE | VERB + WARDROBE | WARDROBE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤built-in, fitted (both BrE) 內置式/訂做的衣櫥▸➤double (BrE) 雙層衣櫃▸➤walk-in (BrE) 步入式衣櫃;衣帽間VERB + WARDROBE➤open打開衣櫥▸➤close關上衣櫥WARDROBE + NOUN➤door衣櫃門PREPOSITION➤in a/the wardrobe在衣櫥裏◇She hung the dress up in the wardrobe.她將連衣裙掛到衣櫃裏。PHRASES➤the back of the wardrobe, the bottom of the wardrobe, the top of the wardrobe衣櫥最裏面/底部/頂部◇I went through the pile of clothes at the back of my wardrobe.我在衣櫥最裏面的一堆衣服裏翻找。wardrobe
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2sb's collection of clothes全部衣物ADJECTIVE | VERB + WARDROBEADJECTIVE➤new新衣服▸➤extensive大量衣服➤whole一批衣服▸➤spring, summer, etc.春裝、夏裝等VERB + WARDROBE➤have有⋯衣物▸➤buy買⋯衣物◇I want to buy a whole new summer wardrobe.我想買一批新夏裝。➤build買一櫥衣服◇I want to build a wardrobe of classic, quality pieces.我想買一櫥式樣典雅、質量上乘的衣服。➤change, revamp, update更新衣物