I could write a book on the Decline and Fall of the Petticoat, beginning with the billowy white muslin variety, and working up to the present slinky messaline affair.

我可以写一本关于衬裙的衰落的书，从波涛汹涌的白色平纹细布开始，一直到现在的紧身梅萨林事件。

And there emerged from the inner room a trim, lithe, almost boyishly slim figure attired in a bewitchingly skittish-looking garment consisting of knickerbockers and snug brassiere of king's blue satin messaline.

从里屋出现了一个苗条、轻盈、几乎是孩子气的苗条身材， 穿着一件看起来迷人、轻率的衣服， 由灯笼裤和舒适的国王蓝缎子马赛林胸罩组成。

T. A. Buck raised heavy, lack-luster eyes and looked. What he saw did not seem to interest him. Emma McChesney drew from the rack a skirt of king's blue satin messaline and held it at arm's length.

T. A. Buck 抬起沉重的、没有光泽的眼睛看着。他对所见所闻似乎并不感兴趣。 Emma McChesney 从衣架上抽出一条国王蓝缎子马赛林裙子，将它拉得一臂远。