flapper
flapper — 名詞
- flappersingular
- flappersplural
1. A label for the independent-minded young women of the nineteen-twenties, known f
摩登女郎
1920年代新潮獨立的年輕女性
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.
Camila found a photo of her great-grandmother as a flapper with short bob and pearls.
Camila 找到一張曾祖母的照片，照片中的她打扮成摩登女郎，留著短鮑伯頭、戴著珍珠項鍊。
flapper + short bob / pearl necklace — typical items
At the costume party, Tara wore a fringed flapper dress and a headband of feathers.
在變裝派對上，Tara 穿了一件有流蘇的摩登女郎洋裝，頭上還戴了羽毛髮帶。
collocation: flapper dress (common attribute use)
Sora plays a young flapper who dances the Charleston at a jazz club.
Sora 飾演一位年輕的摩登女郎，在爵士俱樂部跳著查爾斯頓舞。
collocation: young flapper
Many flappers earned their own wages and chose their own partners, which shocked older generations.
許多摩登女郎自己賺錢、自己選擇伴侶，讓老一輩的人大吃一驚。
Beatrix studied flapper culture for a school project about women in the nineteen-twenties.
Beatrix 為了學校關於 1920 年代女性的報告，研究了摩登女郎文化。
collocation: flapper culture
- flapper dress
- flapper style
- flapper girl
- flapper culture
- 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.
- 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.