🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

托加长袍

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tuōjiā chángpáo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Toga/ˈtoʊ.ɡə/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"古罗马人出席正式场合时会身穿托加长袍。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The principal outer garment of Roman citizens, consisting of a very large semi-circular piece of woolen cloth draped around the body.

    "Statues of Roman senators often depict them draped in a heavy, intricately folded toga."
  2. 2

    A loose, gown-like garment, typically improvised from a bedsheet, worn informally at college costume parties.

    "The students arrived at the campus social wearing makeshift white bedsheet togas."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin noun toga, originating from the verb tegere meaning 'to cover'. In ancient Rome, it evolved from a simple draped outer garment into a heavy, voluminous woolen robe worn exclusively by male citizens for formal state occasions.

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