It had this texture to it that made it feel almost like a basketball.
硬挺的质感摸起来像篮球表皮。
尚英语 

世(上) There was something ascetic in her look, which was augmented by the extreme plainness of a straight-skirted, black, stuff dress, a starched linen collar, hair combed away from the temples, and the nun-like ornament of a string of ebony beads and a crucifix.
她的神情中透着一丝苦行者的气息,这在她那身直筒裙式黑色呢料裙装、硬挺的亚麻领子、
贴鬓角的发型,以及修女般的装饰——一串乌木念珠和一个十字架上得到了强化。
Anne started off irreproachable, arrayed in the stiff black-and-white sateen, which, while decent as regards length and certainly not open to the charge of skimpiness, contrived to emphasize every corner and angle of her thin figure.
安妮一开始就无懈可击,穿着硬挺的黑白棉缎,虽然长度合适,而
肯定不会受到轻薄的指责,但它设法强调了她苗条身材的每个角落和角度。