| 单词 | evening dress |
| 释义 | > as lemmasevening dress evening dress n. (a) (as a count noun) a dress intended for formal evening wear; (b) (as a mass noun) clothing suitable for formal wear during the evening, esp. as distinct from the more casual styles of day wear. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > evening evening dress1782 evening wear1800 wampum and warpaint1876 formal1941 1782 Beauties of Fielding 192 The ladies..will often become foils to themselves, as appears by the morning and evening dresses of a woman of fashion. 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 11 ‘Have you no evening-dress’ asks Netta. 1936 E. A. Baker Hist. Eng. Novel VII. iii. 186 Evening dress in any colour that suited the fancy of the wearer was discarded for the black coat. 1970 Times 6 Nov. 1/5 News readers at B.B.C. Leeds have been told to wear evening dress at night. 2013 W. Wallace Sacred River (2014) xlv. 201 The Fleury sisters, their faces powdered white, were in evening dresses, limp satins that looked as if they'd expired from the heat. < as lemmas |
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