单词 | chopine |
例句 | Dolce & Gabbana showed velvet Mary Janes perched on mosaic wedges nearly as high as the chopines worn by 16th-century Venetian courtesans to protect their elaborate gowns from the filth of the streets. | International Velvet 2013-08-23T22:31:07Z Centuries later, Venetian courtesans clopped around in towering chopines, while during the reign of Louis XIV, red heels were a mark of nobility. Makers: Who Made That Stiletto? 2012-04-13T18:26:02Z In Italy, prominent women wore 20-inch-tall chopines, while in France and England, the fad was for long pointy-toed shoes called poulaines. Books Of Style: Following Footprints, Down Through the Ages 2012-06-22T20:53:46Z Both sets of women wore the sky-high chopines, or platform shoes, in which they were expected to walk and even dance. Get Thee to a Museum 2012-08-06T05:00:00Z Shakespeare refers to them when he makes Hamlet say:—"Your ladyship is nearer heaven than when I saw you last by the altitude of a chopine." The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z The tall chopines that Hamlet mentions were really very high-soled slippers, into which the richly-embroidered shoes were placed to protect them when the ladies walked abroad. English Costume "You will have a chopine of ale, Baldy," said he to the old wreck; "sometimes it's all the difference between hell-fire and content, and—for God's sake buy the bairn a pair of boots!" Doom Castle The tallest chopine had a sole about nine inches thick. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) If so, does Hamlet speak jestingly when he greets the player, "Your ladyship is nearer heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine?" The Century Vocabulary Builder One of the greatest follies ever introduced was the chopine, a sort of stilt which increased the height of the wearer. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z ‘Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine.’ English Costume By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Hamlet |
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