If a dress, a skirt, or a pair of curtains is floor-length, it hangs so far down that it reaches the floor, or almost does. People use this word for clothes and curtains, not for a table or a lamp that simply stands on the floor.

If a dress如果一件洋裝、a skirt一條裙子 or a pair of curtains或一對窗簾 is floor-length是 floor-length，it hangs so far down它就垂得很低，that it reaches the floor低到碰到地板，or almost does或幾乎碰到。People use this word人們用這個字 for clothes and curtains說衣服和窗簾，not for不會拿來說 a table or a lamp桌子或立燈 that simply stands on the floor那種只是立在地上的東西。

A floor-length gown is the long kind you see at a wedding or a formal party; some even have extra cloth that trails behind. Though actually, shop labels are a bit looser than the tidy picture — a dress can be called floor-length when it only just kisses the ground, or when it would if you stood up straight.

A floor-length gown一件 floor-length 的長禮服，is the long kind就是 at a wedding在婚禮 or a formal party或正式派對上 you see你會看到的那種長版；some even有些甚至 have extra cloth還多一截布 that trails behind在身後拖曳。Though actually不過其實，shop labels商店的標示 than the tidy picture比這幅整齊的圖像 are a bit looser要寬鬆一些——a dress can be called floor-length一件洋裝可以被叫作 floor-length，when it only just kisses the ground在它剛剛好輕觸地面的時候，or when或者當 if you stood up straight你站直了 it would它才會及地 的時候。

The word is everyday in clothes shops, not fancy. It is almost always written with a hyphen: floor-length.

The word這個字 in clothes shops在服飾店裡 is everyday是日常用語，not fancy並不花俏。It is almost always written它幾乎總是寫成 with a hyphen帶連字號的：floor-length。