spencer
spencer — 名詞
1. a short jacket for the upper body that reaches only down to the waist, often wor
短外套
僅長及腰部的短夾克
a short jacket for the upper body that reaches only down to the waist, often worn by women in the past or as a vintage-style garment
At the vintage market, Tariq found a woollen spencer trimmed with black ribbon.
Tariq 在二手市集找到一件鑲黑緞帶的羊毛短外套。
spencer as historical garment item
The tailor measured Camille for a velvet spencer to wear over her gown.
裁縫為 Camille 量身製作一件天鵝絨短外套，穿在禮服外面。
material collocation: velvet spencer / woollen spencer
Liang wore a black spencer to the formal dinner, matching it with a high collar.
Liang 穿黑色短外套出席正式晚宴，搭配高領襯衫。
Fashion historians say the spencer was popular among women in early nineteenth-century Europe.
時裝史學家指出，短外套在十九世紀初期的歐洲婦女間相當流行。
Meera stored her grandmother's embroidered spencer in a box with lavender sachets.
Meera 將祖母的刺繡短外套連同薰衣草香包一起收進盒子裡。
- bolero jacket
a short open-front jacket; more common in modern fashion, while 'spencer' sounds historical
- cropped jacket
a general term for any jacket ending above the waist; broader in meaning than 'spencer'
用法筆記
This term is now uncommon in everyday speech. In modern fashion, 'cropped jacket' or 'bolero jacket' is more frequently used for similar short jackets.