| 单词 | wasp-waisted |
| 例句 | The press had more than the usual fun with such an esoteric engineering concept, calling the new planes “wasp-waisted” and “Coke-bottle shaped” and talking about the “Marilyn Monroe effect.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z With a few swift movements on the lathe, he transformed a cylinder into a barrel-chested, wasp-waisted nutcracker. Germany’s Christmas markets take yuletide spirit to another level 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Within the constraints of big-eyed, wasp-waisted princesses and the need for old-fashioned charm, Frozen is progressive in a surprising number of ways. Frozen-mania: how Elsa, Anna and Olaf conquered the world 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Most notably, her figure is athletic and strong rather than wasp-waisted and delicate. Princess Moana, the Rogue One rebel, the Eagle Huntress: meet film’s female heroes 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z You get two big-eyed, wasp-waisted princesses, a square-jawed love interest and a wisecracking sidekick. Frozen-mania: how Elsa, Anna and Olaf conquered the world 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z With his wasp-waisted, broad-shouldered, body-conscious creations, Mr. Mugler helped define the “power dressing” look of the 1980s, when he began making international headlines through his highly choreographed fashion shows — part rock concert, part Hollywood musical. Manfred Thierry Mugler, French designer with extravagant style, dies at 73 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The collection’s body-conscious shapes created a sensation among the fashion press and buyers used to the wasp-waisted, full-skirted “New Look” pioneered by Dior. Givenchy legacy: Hepburn’s little black dress, and much more 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z You may not recognize Maria Grazia Chiuri’s name immediately, for instance, but you recognize the name and look of Dior in her designs for the house — the wasp-waisted Bar jacket, the wide-spread skirts. In Fashion, the Beauty (and Challenge) of Looking Back 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z As famous for his high prices as for his wasp-waisted gowns, he designed her 1937 wedding dress and trousseau, and made clothes for other high-profile ladies of the day. Celebrating the First American Couturier 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Seat height is a low 28.8”, and the bike is wasp-waisted, so inseam-challenged riders will have little trouble touching down at a stop. 2014 Honda Gold Wing Valkyrie Test Ride And Review: Valkyrie Rides Again 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Call it the roar of nostalgia, for here was the Tiger of memory, just as broad-shouldered and wasp-waisted and carved-marble as ever. Tiger's Return: Still the Master of His Golf Game 2010-04-09T05:55:00Z The satyr was helping a wasp-waisted woman carry a heavy-looking bronze chest. The Big Time A wasp-waisted West Pointer, raw from school; thinks he's learned all there's to know about war out of a book on triggernometry. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign "If you don't stop calling me your 'good man' I'll chuck you into the drink again, you wasp-waisted, stiff-backed, half-baked West Point brevet Second Lieutenant," said Shorty wrathfully. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign I hate the very sight of a wasp-waisted, self-sufficient Prussian subaltern. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch An elaborate and tight-fitting Page 215 bodice, cut excessively low at the neck, covered, or affected to cover, the upper part of the body, which is so wasp-waisted as to suggest universal tight-lacing. The Sea-Kings of Crete "Look you, rebel, you had best heed how you talk against General Lord Howe," here said a thin, wasp-waisted, epauletted officer of the castle, coming near and flourishing his sword like a schoolmaster's ferule. Israel Potter The streets were lined with the brave defenders, looking very smart and clean in their best clothes, but pale, thin, and wasp-waisted—their belts several holes tighter than was satisfactory. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria His garments were of London make, and the long, tight, wasp-waisted coat, buttoned clear up to the neck, seemed to enclose him like a box. Là-bas You look down on him just because he's a hard worker, and of some use in the world—not a dandified, conventional, wasp-waisted idiot like Cecil Reeve! Love's Shadow With him they are gouty, big-bellied, heavy of limb and scandalously stout; with me they are thin, wasp-waisted, and terrible to the foe. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 At this blast, the wasp-waisted officer was blown backwards as from before the suddenly burst head of a steam-boiler. Israel Potter They were all slender—wasp-waisted ladies, long lean men. Ptomaine Street Here I paid due courtesies to buxom Mistress Dobson and Mistress Priscilla Dobson, Jack's oldest sister, a wasp-waisted bundle of formalities, for ever curtsying and coquetting, after the London mode as she fondly imagined. The Yeoman Adventurer A wasp-waisted girl sat at the manicure- table next the front windows. The Auction Block |
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