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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

suit [suːt]
  1. 1. noun [c] (man's,woman's) 西装
  2. 2. noun (for particular activity) 套装
  3. 3. noun [法] 讼案
  4. 4. noun [纸牌] 一组同样花色纸牌
  5. 5. vt. (be convenient,appropriate) 对…合适
  6. 6. vt. [colour] [ clothes+] 适合
    to file {or} bring a suit against sb
    [US] [法] 起诉某人
    to follow suit
    跟着
    to suit sth to sb/sth
    使某物适合某人/某物
    to be suited to doing sth
    适宜于做某事
    to suit o.s.
    自己的意愿行事
    suit yourself!
    自便
    to be well suited (to each other)
    互相)很搭配

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

suit [sjuːt]
  1. 1. n.[c] 套装
    They buried him in his best suit.
    他们埋葬他时给他穿上了他最好衣服
  2. 2. n.[c] [Law] 诉讼案件法律程序
    The family brought suit against the landlord.
    那家人起诉那个地主
  3. 3. n.[c] [Slang] 西装革履商人
    All the suits care about is the bottom line.
    所有商人都只关心利润
  4. 4. n.[c] 追求求爱求婚
  5. 5. n.[c] 请求恳求
  6. 6. n.[c] [Card Games] 同花色的一组
    A flush is five cards in the same suit.
    同花是指同一花色的五张牌。
    In bridge you must follow suit.
    桥牌中,你必须跟着同一花色的牌。
    What suit is trumps?
    哪种花色的牌是王牌
  7. 7. n.[c] [Slang] 商人负责人主管
  8. 8. vt. 符合适合适应
    This suits my needs.
    符合我的需要
  9. 9. verb 使感到满意,使感到方便,合……的心意
    This time suits me.
    这个时间适合我。
  10. 10. verb 相称相配
    This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
    这样行为年轻女人形象不符
  11. 11. vt. (外观上)合适,使好看,使更美
    This behavior doesn't suit you!
    这种行为你的身份不符

Collins English-English Dictionary

suit [suːt]
  1. 1. n any set of clothes of the same or similar material designed to be worn together, now usually (for men) a jacket with matching trousers or (for women) a jacket with matching or contrasting skirt or trousers
  2. 2. n [in combination] any outfit worn for a specific purpose
    a spacesuit
  3. 3. n any set of items, such as the full complement of sails of a vessel or parts of personal armour
  4. 4. n any of the four sets of 13 cards in a pack of playing cards, being spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. The cards in each suit are two to ten, jack, queen, and king in the usual order of ascending value, with ace counting as either the highest or lowest according to the game
  5. 5. n a civil proceeding; lawsuit
  6. 6. n the act or process of suing in a court of law
  7. 7. n a petition or appeal made to a person of superior rank or status or the act of making such a petition
  8. 8. n [Slang] a business executive or white-collar manager
  9. 9. n a man's courting of a woman
  10. 10. vb to make or be fit or appropriate for
    that dress suits you
  11. 11. vb to meet the requirements or standards (of)
  12. 12. vb to be agreeable or acceptable to (someone)
  13. 13. vb [Etymology] C13: from Old French sieute set of things, from sivre to follow; compare sue

Examples

a dress suit
一套燕尾服(或礼服)
to outgrow a suit
长得过高,已穿不下这套衣服
a suit that packs well
一套便于折叠包装的衣服
a suit of armor
一副盔甲
a two-piece bathing suit
两件成套浴衣
a suit that wears well
一套经穿的衣服
a suit of summer weight
适合夏季穿的衣服
He took the first suit he tried on.
他买了试穿过的第一套衣服。
He was seen in his Sunday best suit yesterday.
昨天有人看到他穿着自己最好的衣服。
I need your measures to create a suitable and comfortable suit.
我得根据你给的尺寸来做一套合身舒适的衣服。

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