Tra từ uniform - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

uni·form AW [uniform uniforms uniformed uniforming] noun, adjective BrE [ˈjuːnɪfɔːm] NAmE [ˈjuːnɪfɔːrm]
noun
1. countable, uncountable the special set of clothes worn by all members of an organization or a group at work, or by children at school
•a military/police/nurse's uniform
•soldiers in uniform
•The hat is part of the school uniform.
•Do you have to wear uniform?
2. countable, usually singular, uncountable (NAmE) (BrE strip)the clothes worn by the members of a sports team when they are playing
•a striped baseball uniform
•the team's away uniform (= that they use when playing games away from home)
3. singular, uncountable the type of clothes that a person or group usually wears
•my standard teenage uniform of sweatshirt and jeans
•the traditional banker's uniform

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (as an adjective): from French uniforme or Latin uniformis (see ↑uni-, ↑form). The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 18th cent.

Example Bank:
•A man in a uniform stopped us entering.
•She was wearing the regulation uniform of tunic, hat and tie.
•The limousine was driven by a chauffeur in uniform.
•They wore the standard uniform of the American office worker.
•They wore the standard uniform of the well-to-do American out of office hours.
•a man in the full dress uniform of the Marines
•a soldier out of uniform
•men and women who don military uniform to defend their country
Derived Words: ↑uniformity ▪ ↑uniformly

adjective
not varying; the same in all parts and at all times
•uniform rates of pay
• The walls were a uniform grey.
• Growth has not been uniform across the country.
•uniform lines of terraced houses (= they all looked the same)

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (as an adjective): from French uniforme or Latin uniformis (see ↑uni-, ↑form). The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 18th cent.

See also: ↑strip