| 单词 | rational costume |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrational costume rational costume n. now historical = rational dress n. ΚΠ 1866 Anglo-Amer. Times 24 Nov. 4/3 It is impossible, had convenience been consulted, that women could have appeared like inverted balloons, as they lately did... Happily a more rational costume is. coming into vogue. 1882 Truth 16 Mar. 394/3 Rational costume is based on these principles. 1. Distinct recognition of sex. 2. Desire of each sex to please the other. 3. Health. 4. Modesty. 5. Comfort. [etc.]. 1899 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Apr. 221 If..senior churchwardens protest against rational costume. 1942 J. H. Robb Primrose League v. 120 The ‘safety’ bicycle..eliminated the high bar connecting the two wheels... ‘Rational’ costume no longer being necessary, the feminine..woman as well as the ‘emancipated’ might take up the sport. 2001 S. A. Smith in D. Bauer & P. Gould Cambr. Compan. 19th-cent. Amer. Women's Writing ii. iii. 76 In 1851, Amelia Bloomer and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had designed their rational costume for women. < as lemmas |
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