Best Bib and Tucker——盛装

** dressed up for a fancy occasion（為豪華場合盛裝打扮）；gussied up（打扮得花枝招展）；all spruced up（打扮得漂亮）

~~ 最好的衣服；盛装；最美麗的衣服；漂亮衣服；全套衣服；考究的衣服；最好的西裝；最好的禮服；晚裝；晚禮服

~~ best clothes/garments/outfit/suit; finest clothes/gown; nicest clothing; dressy clothes; evening wear/gown; formal dress/attire; full/party dress; Sunday best

!! The word “bib” appeared in print in The art of Courting, Newburyport, Mas-sachusetts in 1795: “The old gentleman put on his best bib and band (collar).”

（“圍兜”這個詞出現於一七九五馬薩諸塞州紐伯里波特市的《求愛藝術》中：“這位老先生穿上了他最好的圍兜和套環（衣領）。”）

!! A bib（圍腰的上部）was a man’s fancy or formal shirt front, or a frill worn on a shirt front. A tucker（裝上去的衣領或領布）was a detachab-le ornamental lace, linen, or frill covering a woman's neck and shoulders, and over the breast, as of a low-cut dress.

（Bib是男士正式襯衫前面的花式，或穿在襯衫前面的褶邊。Tucker是一件可拆卸的裝飾花邊，亞麻布或褶邊，覆蓋女性的頸部和肩部，覆蓋在乳房上，例如低胸連衣裙。）

>> Many Europeans not only attend wedding banquets in their best clothes, but also went to church in their best bib and tucker.

（許多歐洲人不但穿着最好的衣服出席婚宴，還會盛裝上教堂。）

>> High school seniors don their best bib and tucker for their prom.

（高中畢業生為了參與他們的畢業舞會，都穿上最美麗的衣服。）

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文　　教授