hemlines

hemlines

美 [ˈhemˌlaɪn] 　英 ['hem.laɪn]

• n.贴边；上述底边离地的高度
• 网络裙边；裙摆

词形变化

复数：hemlines  

英汉解释

n.	1. (裙子,衣服等的)底边,贴边 2. 上述底边离地的高度

英英解释

n.	1. the bottom edge of a dress or skirt which has been turned up and sewn in place; the length of women’s skirts and dresses as this changes according to fashion

例句

The stock market crash known as Black Monday in 1987 also brought with it the lengthening of hemlines.

1987年著名的黑色星期一股市大跌又随之加长了裙摆。

The sun shines hotter, the days get longer, hemlines grow higher, and your legs. . . stays pale.

阳光越照越热，白天越过越长，服装越穿越短，而你的腿……却仍旧苍白。

Women threw off the shackles of the heavily-corseted Edwardian period and hemlines became dramatically shorter for the first time.

女士摆脱了爱德华时期式的重重紧身衣束缚，裙摆首次惹人注目地缩短了。

All she needed to do was raise the hemlines, raise the heels, and leave off the wimple.

现在她所要做的就是提高裙摆，提高鞋跟。以及适当的遮掩。

As hemlines in Korean classrooms rise, so it seems does the cost of accommodating them.

韩国教室里裙摆高度的上升，导致成本似乎也随之上升。

She says the current environment demands dark colours, sensible hemlines and heel heights, and minimal jewellery.

她表示，当前环境要求黑色、合适的裙边和鞋跟高度以及最少的首饰。

The hemline index stands for professor Taylor's observation that hemlines on women's dresses rise along with stock prices.

裙长指数支持Taylor教授的观察，即女人裙摆离地的高度随着股市价格的增长而提升。

Short Skirts: Hemlines should not be more than three inches above the knee.

短裙：裙子的下摆不能高于膝盖以上三英寸。

That they nag about eating habits and short hemlines is well known.

众人皆知的是母亲对吃东西的习惯和过短的衣服贴边而唠唠叨叨。

As the 2000s dawned and computer systems coped with the new millennium, markets stayed up and so hemlines followed.

21世纪来临之际，计算机系统应对千禧年，股市保持上涨，因此裙摆也相应升高。

The West old maxim was when women's hemlines rose, so did the economy.

过去，西方有这样一条准则：女人的裙子越短经济形势就越好。

Or have hemlines become the new headscarves?

或者裙子长度变成了新一代的头巾？

In the Twenties, hemlines rose along with stock prices.

在二十年代，裙摆随着股票价格上涨而升高。

In one survey, quoted in a local paper, school hemlines have reportedly risen 10-15cm (4-6in) in the last decade.

引述当地的一家报纸的调查，据说在过去十年里，校裙裙摆已经升高了10-15厘米（4-6英寸）。

What will the hemlines be in 2012, given the current rate?

按照这种比例2012年会是哪种长度？

After all, when share prices fall and hemlines follow, then a guy needs something to cheer himself up.

毕竟，当股票下跌，裙摆也跟着“向下”延长时，总得有什么东西让人振奋起来。

See, the hemlines are uneven. Please give me another one.

看，缝边不平整，请再给我换一件。

so if the hemlines in fall 2001 were 6 inches below the knee,

如果01年秋季是流行膝下6英寸