raiment

raiment是英語中的一個名詞，主要用於舊式或文學語境，意為“衣服”“服飾”，尤指精美或裝飾性服裝。該詞源自中古英語“rayment”，首次記錄於14世紀後期，是“arrayment”的變體。其發音標準為[ˈreɪmənt]（英式）和[ˈremənt]（美式），常見於詩歌、文學作品及歷史檔案描述中。劍橋詞典等資料指出，raiment多用於描述特定場景的服飾，如皇室著裝、道德權威的世俗象徵等。

基本介紹

• 詞性：名詞   
• 詞源時間：首次記錄於1350–1400年 
• 發音：英[ˈreɪmənt]，美[ˈremənt]  
• 詞類：舊用法   
• 使用領域：文學、歷史文獻   
• 複數形式：raiments 

詞義解釋

raiment的核心含義為“衣服”，通常指代具有裝飾性或特定場合的服飾。其用法偏向古雅，常見於文學作品（如《紐約時報》引用句“爵士時代的服裝風格”）及宗教文本（如“死亡天使的鈷色衣裙”）。同義詞包括“attire”“apparel”和“robe”。

詞源與發展

raiment的詞源可追溯至中古英語時期，由“rayment”演變而來，後者是“arrayment”（意為“排列、裝飾”）的省略變體。該詞在14世紀後期開始被廣泛使用，反映了當時對服飾裝飾性的重視。

發音與拼寫

• 國際音標（IPA）：[ˈreɪmənt]（英式），[ˈremənt]（美式）
• 拼寫變體：歷史文獻中曾出現“rayment”的拼寫形式。

使用場景

raiment多用於以下語境：

1. 文學描述：如例句“Grey is her raiment, and rest her gift.”（維基百科引用句）；
2. 歷史檔案：用於記錄特定時期的服飾風格（如“爵士時代的服裝風格”）；
3. 詩歌與宗教文本：強調服飾的象徵意義，如“道德權威的世俗著裝”。

相關辭彙

• 近義詞：attire, apparel, garb
• 反義詞：nudity
• 派生詞：無明確派生形式，但動詞用法（“提供衣物”）偶見於古語。

雙語例句

• I want nothing but raiment and daily bread. 我只要溫飽，別無他求。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• There'd be a merry contrast betwixt my glory and my raiment! 我的榮譽和我的衣著之間的對比是令人愉快的！
• This is he who had never known aught but rags for raiment, kicks for comfort, and offal for diet! 這就是他，他一輩子只有破衣爛衫可以穿，只被腳踢，只有殘羹冷炙可以吃！
• Is but the seemly raiment of my heart. 只是我胸中這顆心合適的衣裳。
• The girl always complains about lacking suitable raiment. 這個女孩總是抱怨沒有合適的衣服。
• Is not the life more than meat and the body than raiment? 身體對服飾而言不就是一塊有生命的肉嗎？
• Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 生命不勝於飲食嗎，身體不勝於衣裳嗎。
• But she was wearing the cobalt raiment of the Angel of Death. 然而她卻身穿著死亡天使的鈷色衣裙
• The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 生活比食物重要得多，身體比衣服重要得多。
• And his countenance was as lightning, and his raiment as snow. 他的容貌好像閃電，他的衣服潔白如雪。
• Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 他雖積蓄銀子如塵沙，預備衣服如泥土。
• His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. 他的臉色像閃電，他的衣服潔白如雪。
• As a poet once said, “promises of payment/Are neither food nor raiment”. 就如詩中所說，“付款承諾/非衣非食”。
• Behind him, there was a large choir dressed in whiter than white raiment. 他的後面，有一支龐大的穿著異常潔白服裝的歌唱隊。
• Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. 這四十年，你的衣服沒有穿破，你的腳也沒有腫。
• Perhaps my final performance will be exchanging my clothes for the raiment of a Shaman. 或許我的最終表演將是換上薩滿巫師的服裝。
• Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your skin and less of your raiment? 但願你們用自己的肌膚而不是衣服去迎接陽光和清風。
• Little Ran, come down take the wash raiment of chip tore growth to your three uncles tie up up. 少冉，下來拿件乾淨衣裳撕成長條給你三叔包紮上。
• And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. 衣服放光，極其潔白。地上漂布的，沒有一個能漂得那樣白。
• And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. 正禱告的時候，他的面貌就改變了，衣服潔白放光。
• If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 若另娶一個，那女子的吃食，衣服，並好合的事，仍不可減少。
• The horizon, names and raiment all signify Janie's development from an infantile girl to a mature woman. 地平線、人物姓名以及人物服飾也都象徵了珍妮從一個不諳世事的小姑娘到一個成熟的黑人女性成長的過程。
• And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun and his raiment was white as the light. 就在他們面前變了形像。臉面明亮如日頭，衣裳潔白如光。
• We have mentioned that he exhibited a certain partiality for rings, jewellery, and fine raiment of all sorts. 我們提到過，他對指環和珠寶，還有各種服飾也表現了一定程度的愛好。
• And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. 也要因一切的衣服，皮物，山羊毛織的物，和各樣的木器，潔淨自己。