| 单词 | romantic tutu |
| 释义 | > as lemmasromantic tutu A ballet skirt made up of layers of stiff frills, reaching halfway between the knee and the ankle ( romantic tutu) or very short and standing out from the legs ( classic tutu). Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > skirt > types of > ballet skirt ballet skirt1858 parasol skirt1876 tutu1910 1910 E. F. Spence Our Stage ix. 196 She wished to exhibit what in technical slang is called le tutu, a term descriptive of the abbreviated costume and possessed also of a secondary meaning. 1913 A. E. Johnson Russ. Ballet 56 Columbine..attired in a scanty tu-tu. 1934 A. L. Haskell Balletomania 26 An old-fashioned ballet for this old-fashioned tragedy of naked footlights and a dancer's tutus. 1947 N. Nicolaeva-Legat Ballet Educ. iii. 49 To make a tutu skirt, the basque should first be cut. 1949 A. Chujoy & P. W. Manchester Dance Encycl. 486/1 The classic tutu reaches to a little above the knee, the romantic to the ankle. 1958 L. Gibbs Gowns & Satyr's Legs xii. 82 Four miniature ballet-girls, each poised gracefully on one toe and wearing a diminutive tutu. 1970 B. Cartland We danced All Night vii. 196 A snow-white figure in a fluffy tutu. 1980 ‘M. Fonteyn’ Magic of Dance 239 The soft, full ballet skirt Marie Taglioni had introduced climbed to just below the knee, then to mid-thigh. As it was shortened, it was made fuller and stood out more and more stiffly until it became the modern tutu. < as lemmas |
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