硬挺

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.

不久前她还是个皮包骨头黑小妞，单短裙，扎呆板发辫，如今俨然一派保姆模样，印花布连衣长裙，戴浆洗得硬挺雪白头巾。