Then she passed the tape measure about her waist.

她让卢儿帮她穿胸衣，绳子尽量地多勒紧，然后用尺量了量腰身。

Her waist was a large as Aunt Pitty's, as large as Mammy's.

她腰身竟然和妈样粗，和嬷嬷样粗了。

The green muslin measured seventeen inches about the waist, and Mammy had laced her for the eighteen-inch bombazine.

那件绿花布衫的腰围是１７英寸，但嬷嬷却按照那析羽缎衣服把她的腰身作为１８英寸来束了。

Then she pulled down her shirtwaist all around and went down to supper.

然后她拉下衬衫的腰身， 下楼去吃晚饭。

It was more than his joking words that shamed her, for she was suddenly aware again of her thickening body.

叫她难为情的不光是他那句开玩笑的话，因为她突然想到了自己这愈来愈粗的腰身。

Mrs. Tarleton's face changed and the brittle smile left her lips as she put her arm around Carreen's slender waist.

塔尔顿太太的脸色顿时变了，清脆的笑声也随之消失了，她只伸出只胳臂搂住卡琳纤细的腰身，同时站起身来。

He straightened his back, his fingers freeing nylon line from a speedily revolving reel.

他直起腰身，用手指快速地从绕线轮上放出尼龙线。

An elastic waist makes these jeans ideal for the larger woman.

【ideal】带松紧的腰身使这种牛仔裤很适合较丰满的女性。

She was dressed in a white waist and dark skirt - that discreet masquerade of goose-girl and duchess.

她穿着白色的腰身和深色的裙子——这是鹅娘和公爵夫人的谨慎伪装。

I was so caught up in the party fever that I hardly noticed five hours fly by!

突然，鲜艳的色彩和热烈的音乐喷薄而出，歌舞队应声跃而起。乐队奏起劲爆的桑巴节拍，跳舞的人扭动腰身，人群开始欢呼、鼓掌、歌唱。歌舞队全体开始沿街前行。狂欢节的人潮裹挟希我们在越来越浩瀚 的人海中穿行，走路跳路。装希饮料啤酒的冰柜沿狭长的街排开，当我们经过波又波的街 边摊时，空气中弥漫着烤肉的香味。我深深地沉迷于派对的狂热中，不知不觉五个小时己经过去了。

Like most of the men there he wore no collar and his tight-fitting coat was closely buttoned to give him a waist.

和那里的大多数男人样，他没有穿领子，紧身外套的扣子扣得很紧，露出了腰身。

Maybelle Merriwether went toward the next booth on the arm of the Zouave, in an apple-green tarlatan so wide that it reduced her waist to nothingness.

梅贝尔·梅里韦瑟吊在那个义勇兵的膀子上向隔壁那个摊位走来，她身上那件苹果绿薄纱衣裳那样宽松，把她的腰身衬托得纤细极了。

The tears slid down her cheeks, and dropped on her smart tailored waist and her Irish lace jabot, and she didn't care a bit.

泪水顺着她的脸颊滑落， 落在她剪裁考究的腰身和爱尔兰蕾丝短裙上， 她点也不在乎。

The phrase trim the waistline means to keep your body weight healthy with no extra fat around your waistline – the area of your body above the hips.

“保持身形”这个短语的意思是保持健康体重，你的腰身周围——臀部以上的身体区域——没有多余的脂肪。

She tried to draw deep breaths but Mammy's lacings were too tight. If she should faint and they should find her here on the landing, what would they think?

她想深深吸几口气，可是嬷嬷把腰身扎得实在太紧了。

" I'd have the velvet suit made fussy, with a real fancy waist to for afternoons. You can go anywhere in a handsome velvet three-piece suit" .

“我会把天鹅绒西装做得很挑剔， 在下午穿上真正漂亮的腰身。你可以穿着漂亮的天鹅绒三件套西装去任何地方” 。

Her spirits rose as she went and she forgot about her waist line, for she was going to meet Ashley at the yard to go over the books with him.

她走着走着，兴致来了，把腰身的事也就忘了，因为她到了木材厂就会见到艾希礼，还要和他起看帐呢。

All had green waists, representing the Emerald City they intended to conquer, and the top button on each waist indicated by its color which country the wearer came from.

所有人的腰身都是绿色的， 代表着他们想要征服的翡翠城，每根腰带上最上面的纽扣用颜色表示佩戴者来自哪个国家。

But much as she disliked having him see her with the slenderness gone from her waist and the lightness from her step, it was something she could not escape now.

她那苗条的腰身和轻盈的脚步都已消失，无论她多么不希望他看到这点，她现在也完全无法回避了。

She was charming on horseback—upright, with her slender waist, her knee bent on the mane of her horse, her face somewhat flushed by the fresh air in the red of the evening.

她骑在马上很漂亮。 她挺直了细长的腰身，膝盖靠着马鬃毛弯了下去，新鲜的空气和夕阳的晚照，使她的脸色更加红润。