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petticoated

/pet-ee-koh-tid/US // ˈpɛt iˌkoʊ tɪd //

娇滴滴的,娇生惯养,娇气的,娇滴滴

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or wearing a petticoat.

Examples

  • Petticoated porters thrust metal numbers at us so that we may be able to recognise them again and reclaim our luggage safely.

  • Hygiene will attract the sanitarian, the nurse, the hotel manager, trousered or petticoated.

  • Your own people will not own you, and no tribe of redmen would have you in their wigwams; you skulk among petticoated warriors.

  • But when she walks, the full-petticoated peasant woman, then the red goes flash-flash-flash, like a bird showing its colours.

  • A little globe, petticoated in soft silk, gave a yellow light to the walls and floor.