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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

时装模特

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shízhuāng mótè

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fashion model/ˈfæʃ.ən ˌmɒd.əl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这位时装模特在国际舞台上非常受欢迎。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person employed to wear and display clothes and accessories for promotional, advertising, or runway purposes.

    "The fashion model walked gracefully down the runway wearing the designer's latest autumn collection."
  2. 2

    Someone who poses for photographers, artists, or sculptors specifically to showcase fashion apparel.

    "She was discovered by a talent scout while shopping and soon became a sought-after fashion model for magazine covers."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'fashion' (derived from the Old French 'fasson', meaning form, shape, or manner, rooted in Latin 'factio') and 'model' (from the Middle French 'modèle' and Italian 'modello', from the Latin 'modulus', a measure or standard). While the concept of displaying garments dates back earlier, the professional designation 'fashion model' emerged prominently in the mid-19th century with the rise of haute couture under Charles Frederick Worth.

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