单词 | postiche |
例句 | Today, polite society most often softens references to wigs with such euphemisms as “hair covering” or “hairpiece,” eschewing the historic terms “toupee” and “postiche.” A Brief History of the Wig 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Now in this case, for instance, he is using convictions—postiche convictions certainly—to get Bodwinkle into Parliament; the result of my convictions is, that if I express them they will turn me out. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z Fastidiousness, at any rate, is very good postiche for modesty: it is always decent, it can never be coarse. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida Wog is right," I mused as I walked home—"postiche is everywhere. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z We have made a great succ�s by means of postiche—there is no denying it. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z "No," said Lady Catchpole; "anything false which is well made up we call a postiche; it need not be exactly a wig." Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z Ah, the taunts we shall have to endure when the postiche is discovered, from the rivals that have always been jealous and are still under the prestige of our former charms! Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z |
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