The lapels are the two flaps on the front of a coat or jacket that join the collar and fold back on each side of the chest. You see the inside face of the cloth there. A suit jacket almost always has them; a round-neck jumper does not.

The lapels are the two flaps on the front of a coat or jacketLapels翻領是外套或夾克前面的兩片布 that join the collar連著衣領 and fold back on each side of the chest.往胸前兩側翻折 You see the inside face of the cloth there.在那裡你會看到布料的內面 A suit jacket almost always has them;西裝外套幾乎都有 a round-neck jumper does not.圓領毛衣則沒有。

People pin a flower or a small badge on the left lapel. Tailors have names for the shapes — notch, peak, shawl — though you do not need those names to use the word.

People pin a flower or a small badge on the left lapel.人們會在左邊的lapel上別一朵花,或一個小徽章 Tailors have names for the shapes —裁縫對這些形狀各有名稱 notch, peak, shawl —notch、peak、shawl though you do not need those names to use the word.不過你不需要知道這些名稱,也能使用這個字。

In careful talk it is a clothes-and-tailor word; in everyday talk someone may just say “the front of the jacket.” Though actually, people often say “collar” for everything at the top. The collar goes round the neck; the lapels are the folded parts below it, on the chest.

In careful talk it is a clothes-and-tailor word;在講究的說法裡,這是跟服裝、裁縫有關的字 in everyday talk someone may just say "the front of the jacket."平常說話,有人可能就直接說「the front of the jacket外套的前面」 Though actually, people often say "collar" for everything at the top.不過,大家常常把上面所有部分都叫做「collar衣領」 The collar goes round the neck;Collar衣領是繞著脖子的那圈 the lapels are the folded parts below it, on the chest.lapels則是它下面、在胸前折起來的部分。