accoutrement

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /əˈku.tɚ.mənt/|/əˈku.t͡ʃɹə.mənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform. in-plural
    — Thus One / Jovial his Mate bespoke; O Friend, observe, / How gay with all th'Accoutrements of War / The Britons come, with Gold well fraught they come
  2. An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory. in-plural
    — To me ſhe's married, not vnto my cloathes: / Could I repaire what ſhe will weare in me, / As I can change theſe poore accoutrements, / 'Twere well for Kate, and better for my ſelfe.
  3. An identifying yet superficial characteristic. broadly
    — By the summer of 1964 they had achieved the bigger house on the better street and the familiar accouterments of a family on its way up: the $30,000 a year, the three children for the Christmas card, the picture window, the family room, […]
  4. The act of accoutering; furnishing. archaic

词形变化

accoutrements plural accouterment alternative,US,alternative

词源

Probably partly from Middle French accoustrement, acoustrement, acoutrement (French accoutrement), from accoustrer, from Old French acostrer (“arrange, sew up”), and partly from accoutre + -ment. First attested in the 1540s.
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