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    A petticoat is a thin skirt, or a thin dress-like layer, that a woman wears under a skirt or dress so the outer clothes sit better, look fuller, or do not . Older generations wore them as ordinary underwear; many younger people hardly wear them now, except with certain dresses. Though actually, older English also used petticoat as a joking or way to talk about women as a group — “petticoat government” meant women in charge — but that use is dated and can sound rude, so the clothes sense is the one to learn.

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組成From Middle English, equal to petty + coat: once a “small coat” (from petite cote). The meaning later settled on the thin skirt worn underneath.

同家族的字

  • pettyhere from older petty/petite, “small,” not “unimportant” in the modern sense
  • coatthe second half; a petticoat was once a kind of small coat
  • petiteFrench petite, “small,” is the same piece as petty in this word

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

petticoatnoun/ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/

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    historicalA tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.

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    historicalA woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.

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    historicalA fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.

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    archaichistoricalA type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.

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    A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.

    • “Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.” “Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.”
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    slangA woman.

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    historicalA bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.

petticoatverb/ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/

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    To dress in a petticoat.

petticoatadj/ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/

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    datedFeminine; female; involving a woman.

    • petticoat influence
    • a petticoat affair

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。