释义 |
‖ mauvais ton Now rare.|mɔvɛ tɔ̃| [Fr. = ‘bad taste’.] Predicatively. What is disapproved by good society; ‘bad form’.
1784H. More in W. Roberts Mem. (1834) I. 341, I know it is mauvais ton to have so little enthusiasm on this subject. 1814M. Edgeworth Patron. xxxvi, With men of sense she found it was not mauvais ton to use her eyes for the purposes of instruction. 1835Court Mag. VI. p. xiv/1 It would be considered mauvais ton to appear in any spring fashion till the season had been opened at Longchamps. |