| 单词 | half-high |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-high Π 1815 La Belle Assemblée Jan. 33/1 Half high dress of white kerseymere. 1846 Lady Montefiore Jewish Man. ii. v. 216 Dresses made half high are..unbecoming; they should either be cut close up to the throat or low. 1923 Vogue 15 Feb. 86/2 One of those serviceable, half-high dresses, called demi-toilette. half-high half-high adj. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1891 Daily News 18 Nov. 3/1 An evening dress to be worn by a very young girl is made ‘half-high’..which means that the bodice is to be cut away to a line mid~way between the neck and bust. < as lemmas |
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