cocktail dress

noun

1. （正式社交场合穿的）短裙
   a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions

1. N-COUNT (正式场合穿的)礼服，酒会礼服
   A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
   1. At his side stood his wife Olivia, dark-haired and exquisite, in a white cocktail dress.
      他的妻子奥利维娅站在他身边，一头黑发，穿着白色礼服，显得十分优雅。

1. At his side stood his wife Olivia, dark-haired and exquisite, in a white cocktail dress.
   他的妻子奥利维娅站在他身边，一头黑发，穿着白色礼服，显得十分优雅。
2. On Thursday night, Scarlett Johansson stepping out in a stunning red cocktail dress with matching lipstick and a manicure, to attend the London premiere of Captain America: The Winter soldier.
   周四晚上，斯嘉丽约翰逊一袭闪亮的红色小礼服搭配同样颜色的口红和指甲出席了《美国队长2》在伦敦的首映礼。
3. My friend was leaking breast milk through her cocktail dress.
   我朋友的乳汁从她的派对礼服漏出来。
4. Any number of the other guests could have felt great envy for this beautiful woman with her healthy new baby, for her successful artistic career, for her marriage to a nice man, for her lovely apartment, for her cocktail dress.
   许多客人都会羡慕这位生了一个健康新生儿的美丽女子，她成功的艺术事业、嫁给了一个好男人、她漂亮的公寓、她的派对礼服。
5. Eva Longoria Parker, in canary yellow cocktail dress, brought her sister as her date.
   身着淡黄色鸡尾葡萄酒裙的伊娃？朗格利亚？帕克带着姐姐一同来到现场；
6. EMMA ROBERTS If the invitation doesn't call for cocktail attire, just dress up what you already have in your closet by styling it with festive accessories.
   艾玛•罗伯茨如果邀请并不要求鸡尾酒装束，只要穿你衣柜里已经有的样式并与节日饰品相搭配。
7. But she stands throughout the broadcast, invariably in a black cocktail dress, discussing the match with former players and pundits all men, all in suits, and all seated.
   但是，她在播放过程中从头站到尾，总是穿一件黑色鸡尾酒裙，与退役运动员和评论家讨论比赛那些人都是男的，都穿着西装，而且都坐着。
8. Penny: it's a new cocktail dress, absolutely irresistible.
   彭尼：那是套新的鸡尾酒会礼服，非常动人。
9. A red multi-coloured flared skirt, with jacquard yoke shot through with subtle gold threads, for example, is casual enough for daytime; fitted with a gentle waistband that doubles as a bandeau, it becomes a cocktail dress.
   例如，提花裙腰穿插细金线的红色五彩大摆裙在白天穿着非常随意；搭配一条可以折叠成发带的软腰带，就变身为一款可以出席鸡尾酒会的装束了。
10. I was in the drinks line at a cocktail party behind a woman in the same dress as mine: black and low-cut, with a full skirt and an appliqu é border around the bottom.
    一次鸡尾酒会上，我站在一位和我穿着一模一样衣服的女士的后面，我们的衣服都是一条裙底镶着花边的黑色低领长裙。
11. I saw Anna at the other end of the room, resplendent in a red sequined cocktail dress.
    我看到安娜在房间的另一端，身着一件红色闪光常礼服，光彩照人。
12. A simple black cocktail dress is always a safe bet.
    选择一条样式简单的黑色晚礼服准没错。
13. But, this cinched-in gold and black cocktail dress did its best to make up for it.
    但是，金色和黑色的短裙是最好的弥补。

noun

1. a dress suitable for formal occasions

   Synonym:    sheath