ball dress

基本解釋

home to try on a ball-dress; for it was just the dress and the ball which had caused her to be confirmed this time, for
個(gè)要廻家去試試她的蓡加舞會(huì)的禮服，因爲(wèi)她這次來(lái)受堅(jiān)信禮完全是爲(wèi)了這件禮服和舞會(huì)，否則她就決不會(huì)來(lái)的。
She sat waiting on a chair in her ball dress, without strength to go to bed, overwhelmed, without fire, without a thought.
她呢，連上牀往睡的氣力都沒(méi)有了，就這麼穿著赴晚會(huì)的新裝倒在一張椅子上，既不生火也不想什麼。
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Her ball-dress still lay on the sofa, and with a sort of fierce care she arrayed herself, took the flowers in her hand, and went down.
她赴舞會(huì)穿的衣服還攤在長(zhǎng)沙發(fā)上，她鼓著一股猛勁，小心地穿上衣服，把花拿在手裡，就下樓來(lái)。

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Can she safely dance at the ball without fear of tiny shards of glass cutting her skin and ruining her dress?
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