starched

1.stiffly starched shirts

浆得很挺衬衫

2.Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.

不久前她还是皮包骨头黑小妞，穿着简单，扎着呆板发辫，如今俨然一派保姆模样，穿着印花布连衣长，戴着浆洗得硬挺雪白头巾。

3."Have I then sold myself," thought the minister, "to the fiend whom, if men say true, this yellow-starched and velveted old hag has chosen for her prince and master?"

“这样看来，我是不是已经把自己出卖恶魔啦？”牧师思忖着，“如果人们所说属实，这浆着黄领、穿着绒袍老妖婆，早就选了恶魔作她王子和主人啦