smocking

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A noun referring to a decorative embroidery technique created by gathering fabric into tight, even pleats and stitching them together, often used on garments.

• 🇨🇳一种装饰性刺绣技法，通过将布料收拢成均匀紧密的褶并缝合固定，常用于服装。

1. Decorative embroidery technique C1 formal

   An embroidery technique that gathers fabric into decorative patterns, often used on clothing like dresses and blouses.

   • The dress featured intricate smocking across the bodice.
   • She learned traditional smocking from her grandmother.
   • The smocking on the sleeves added a delicate texture to the garment.

   🇨🇳装饰性刺绣工艺

• smockings plural form
• smockings' possessive plural form
• smocking's possessive singular form

An obsolete verb meaning to put on a smock or to clothe in a smock-like garment; also historically used to mean to dress or attire.

• 🇨🇳古旧动词，意为给……穿上衬衣或罩衫，或使穿着类似衬衣的衣物；历史上也用于表示给……穿衣或打扮。

1. Embellish with decorative stitching C1 formal

   To decorate fabric by sewing in straight lines that cross each other diagonally, creating a textured pattern.

   • She carefully smocked the bodice of the dress with intricate patterns.
   • The artisan smocked the fabric using a traditional technique.
   • He learned how to smock from his grandmother, who was a skilled seamstress.

   🇨🇳用装饰性针迹装饰

• smocked past participle
• smocked past simple
• smocking present participle
• smocks third person singular