A smart dress suitable for formal social occasions.
（适合正式社交场合的）女式礼服
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Dressed in a ravishing cocktail dress of a silky dark blue, she smiled at both of them widely brown eyes twinkling.
She was in a brown cocktail dress, because she had been out ‘networking’ all night at various clubs around the city.
It was a cocktail dress that Lucy had bought her two years ago for the exhibits she attends to show off her pieces.
She shivers in her cocktail dress and he tells her to put on something sensible, like one of his sweaters.
Forget about it if you were trying to find a bra to suit that backless cocktail dress or strapless evening gown!
My mom and I are scouring New York City for a cream-colored cocktail dress that will show off my long legs.
She was mowing the lawn in a cocktail dress with a pair of yellow high heels.
Have you ever tried buying a cocktail dress at this time of year, for example?
It is astonishing what you can get away with when you deliver it in a cocktail dress with disarming charm.
The event is black tie or leisure suit, and cocktail dress or formal gown for the ladies.
His mother walked into the room wearing a black cocktail dress.
She wore a short cocktail dress and high-heeled sandals but still, she looked gorgeous.
Trent watched Ally walk away from him, her black cocktail dress hugging her in all the perfect places.
There are some styles that actually look exactly like and can be used as a cocktail dress.
If it was an A-line cocktail dress with a dusting of floral accents, it would have been a much better fit within the overall collection.
Ok, the fluffy pink brocade cocktail dress is hard to miss.
So I showed up in a cocktail dress with ruffles down the back and my hair up in a chignon.
Her hair was swept into a lovely updo, her black cocktail dress softly hugged her curves, and her jewelry, a single strand of pearls, was subdued and lovely.
She apparently didn't care much about getting water all over her designer cocktail dress.
The strangest thing about her was her outfit; she wore a white cocktail dress covered with small black polka dots.
Definition of cocktail dress in US English:
cocktail dress
nounˈkäkˌtāl dresˈkɑkˌteɪl drɛs
An elegant dress suitable for semiformal social occasions, falling to just below or just above the knee.
the actress wore a chic black cocktail dress
Example sentencesExamples
It was a cocktail dress that Lucy had bought her two years ago for the exhibits she attends to show off her pieces.
The event is black tie or leisure suit, and cocktail dress or formal gown for the ladies.
Trent watched Ally walk away from him, her black cocktail dress hugging her in all the perfect places.
Dressed in a ravishing cocktail dress of a silky dark blue, she smiled at both of them widely brown eyes twinkling.
If it was an A-line cocktail dress with a dusting of floral accents, it would have been a much better fit within the overall collection.
She was in a brown cocktail dress, because she had been out ‘networking’ all night at various clubs around the city.
Her hair was swept into a lovely updo, her black cocktail dress softly hugged her curves, and her jewelry, a single strand of pearls, was subdued and lovely.
So I showed up in a cocktail dress with ruffles down the back and my hair up in a chignon.
Forget about it if you were trying to find a bra to suit that backless cocktail dress or strapless evening gown!
My mom and I are scouring New York City for a cream-colored cocktail dress that will show off my long legs.
There are some styles that actually look exactly like and can be used as a cocktail dress.
She apparently didn't care much about getting water all over her designer cocktail dress.
She shivers in her cocktail dress and he tells her to put on something sensible, like one of his sweaters.
It is astonishing what you can get away with when you deliver it in a cocktail dress with disarming charm.
The strangest thing about her was her outfit; she wore a white cocktail dress covered with small black polka dots.
She wore a short cocktail dress and high-heeled sandals but still, she looked gorgeous.
Have you ever tried buying a cocktail dress at this time of year, for example?
His mother walked into the room wearing a black cocktail dress.
She was mowing the lawn in a cocktail dress with a pair of yellow high heels.
Ok, the fluffy pink brocade cocktail dress is hard to miss.