| 单词 | costume ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmascostume ball costume ball n. [perhaps after French bal costumé bal costumé n.] a ball to which people come in elaborate costumes or fancy dress; cf. bal costumé n. ΚΠ 1823 Ladies' Monthly Museum May 253 I cannot omit giving you some account of two costume balls we have had at court [in Brussels]. 1877 Newcastle Courant 26 Jan. 6/8 Costume balls are in great favour in Paris this season... The ladies wear ordinary ball dresses, and the head only is travestied. 1940 Pop. Sci. Mar. 112/1 A curious evening gown, made entirely of rubber, was one of the outstanding costumes worn at a costume ball..in Akron, Ohio. 2008 J. Perl Antoine's Alphabet 37 There was nothing particularly out of the ordinary about these outfits, which just about anybody might have worn to a costume ball. < as lemmas |
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