flapper

IPA/ˈflæpə(r)/
KK[flˈæpɚ]IPA/ˈflæpər/

flapper — noun

  • flappersingular
  • flappersplural

1. A label for the independent-minded young women of the nineteen-twenties, known f

1.名詞B2
釋義

A label for the independent-minded young women of the nineteen-twenties, known for wearing short skirts, cutting their hair short, and enjoying jazz music and dancing — a look that broke sharply with earlier standards of female dress and behaviour.

例句

Camila found a photo of her great-grandmother as a flapper with short bob and pearls.

flapper + short bob / pearl necklace — typical items

At the costume party, Tara wore a fringed flapper dress and a headband of feathers.

collocation: flapper dress (common attribute use)

同義詞
  • modern girl

    A broader term for any young woman with up-to-date, independent views, whereas flapper is tied specifically to 1920s style and nightlife.

  • new woman

    Late 1800s / early 1900s term focused on intellectual and political emancipation (education, suffrage); flapper is more about social and fashion rebellion.

  • garçonne

    French equivalent emphasizing the boyish silhouette and cigarette-holding image; less common in English.

反義詞
  • Victorian lady

    A woman who followed the strict social rules of the Victorian era — modest dress, reserved behaviour, and domestic life.

用法筆記

Flapper refers specifically to the 1920s. It is not used for earlier or later generations of independent women.

常見錯誤

❌She looked like a flapper in her modern designer dress.
✅She looked like a flapper in her vintage nineteen-twenties dress.
💡flapper style belongs specifically to the 1920s, not to modern fashion.
❌The flappers of the 1960s wore miniskirts.
✅The flappers of the 1920s wore short dresses and bobbed hair.
💡flappers are tied to the 1920s Jazz Age, not the 1960s.