a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
例句与用法
1.
This happened to poor catherine of braganza at her wedding to charles ii of britain in 1662 , when her pink farthingale was castigated as dowdy 1662年，凯瑟琳公主下嫁英国的查理斯二世，她穿了一条用鲸骨圆环扩大的粉红色裙子行礼，结果被视为过于寒酸。
2.
The age had not so much refinement , that any sense of impropriety restrained the wearers of petticoat and farthingale from stepping forth into the public ways , and wedging their not unsubstantial persons , if occasion were , into the throng nearest to the scaffold at an execution 那年月没有那么多文明讲究，身着衬裙和撑裙的女人们公然出入于大庭广众之中，只要有可能，便要撅动姻们那并不娇弱的躯体，挤进最靠近刑台的人群中去，也不会缎入什么不成体统的感觉。
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