词汇 | zoot suit |
词源 | zoot suit. A men’s clothing style of the 1930s and early 1940s featuring peg trousers, jacket with padded shoulders, wide- brimmed hat and wide tie, among other flamboyant items of apparel, all in bright colors. A good example of the style can be seen in the film Malcolm X (1993). Zoot suit is probably a rhyming phrase, zoot an alteration (!) of suit. |
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