中文翻译与英英解释

n.
(十六、七世纪妇女撑开裙子用的)鲸骨衬箍；用鲸骨箍等撑大的裙子。

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

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。

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。