- 1背心（西裝三件式的那一件；英式說 waistcoat，美式說 vest）
A short jacket with no sleeves and buttons down the front, worn over a shirt and usually under a suit jacket — the third piece of a three-piece suit. This is the British word; Americans say 'vest'. That gap causes real trouble, because in Britain a 'vest' is underwear worn next to the skin, and in America 'waistcoat' sounds old-fashioned or tailor-shop formal. Here in Taiwan we say 背心, but note 背心 also covers T-shirts and knitted vests, which a waistcoat is not — a waistcoat has a front opening and buttons. Nowadays you meet it at weddings, in offices where people dress up, on waiters and hotel staff, and in old films. The pronunciation surprises people: many British speakers say something close to 'WESS-kit', and 'WAIST-coat' is also fine and common.
組成waist (the middle of your body) + coat. A coat that stops at the waist.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
waistcoatnoun/ˈweɪs(t)kəʊt/
- 1
An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.
- 2
A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
- In the Victorian Era, exposing your shirtfront in public was considered improper, as shirts were viewed as undergarments. Waistcoats concealed this and helped [to] tame oversized, billowy shirts.
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