| 释义 |
underdressed, ppl. a.
(Stress variable.)
[under-1 10 a.]
Too plainly dressed.
a1784Johnson in Mrs. Piozzi Anecd. (1786) 109 No person (said he one day) goes under-dressed till he thinks himself of consequence enough to forbear carrying the badge of his rank upon his back. 1853Mrs. Gore Dean's Daughter xxvii, [She] ventured to whisper that Mrs. Hargreave had a sadly provincial air—that she was under-dressed, and a dowdy. 1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. 10 As a general rule..it is better to be under-dressed than overdressed. |