petticoat 的 2 个定义
- Also called pettiskirt . an underskirt, especially one that is full and often trimmed and ruffled and of a decorative fabric.
- any skirtlike part or covering.
- a flounce or valance fitting around the sides of a bed, couch, or chair, as to conceal the legs.
- Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a woman or girl.
- Informal: Sometimes Offensive. of, relating to, or controlled by women; female; feminine: petticoat government.
petticoat 近义词
underwear
更多petticoat例句
- It comes with matching headband, optional sleeve panels and petticoat.
- The grander the occasion, the larger the width of the hoop petticoat.
- Her worn-out blue petticoat is lighted up by a moonbeam; in her hand she appears to have a hoe.
- The late Caleb Whitefoord, seeing a lady knotting fringe for a petticoat, asked her, what she was doing?
- The people who made an offering of that hooped petticoat did their best, at any rate; they knew no better.
- The edge of a soiled petticoat, or the glimpse of a rent stocking is singularly disenchanting.
- She was in her new suit of black sarcenet and yellow petticoat very pretty.