Singaporean Mandarin Database

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裤

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hot pants

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释义

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非常短的女式外穿紧身裤，一般长度到臀部左右。也称喷火裤、惹火裤、迷你裤、热情裤、城市短裤等。

DEFINITION

Noun

Very short and tight women’s shorts worn as outerwear, the length of which usually reaches to the buttocks area. Also known in Mandarin as “迷你热裤” or “迷你裤”.

由来

英语 “hot pants” 的意译。
1960 年代末至 1970 年代初，“hot pants” 这个词首次出现在纽约的《女装时报》（Women’s Wear Daily）杂志中。当时，西方国家继迷你裙后开始流行穿热裤。据说这是法国演员碧姬·芭铎（Brigitte Bardot）在友人晚会上脱去名贵密实的外衣，展露了惊艳四座的热裤装而掀起的时尚潮流。
设计热裤的先驱者是已故的意大利服装设计师玛鲁西亚·曼德里（Mariuccia Mandelli）和英国服装设计师玛丽·昆特（Mary Quant）。
20 世纪建国以后，世界时尚潮流开始对新加坡女性的影响越来越大，包括当时穿热裤的潮流。
新加坡流行穿热裤后，这个词也开始在新加坡出现。比如早在 1971 年，本地的华文报章《南洋商报》、《星洲日报》、《新明日报》等，都出现了 “热裤” 一词。不过，当时的新加坡社会较保守，女性穿热裤容易引人注目，因此人们更关心的是女性穿热裤时的人身安全，及对周边人士的影响。

ETYMOLOGY

The Mandarin term “热裤” is a paraphrase of the English term “hot pants”.
The term “hot pants” first appeared in the New York magazine Women’s Wear Daily around the late 1960s to the early 1970s. At that time, hot pants were becoming popular in Western countries, succeeding the miniskirt. It is said that the fashion trend was started by the French actress Brigitte Bardot, who removed her expensive, thick coat at a friend’s party to reveal the stunning hot pants she was wearing.
The pioneer designers of the hot pants are the late Italian fashion designer Mariuccia Mandelli and British fashion designer Mary Quant.
Since Singapore’s independence in the 20^th century, global fashion trends began to increasingly influence Singaporean women, such as the trend of wearing hot pants then.
After hot pants became popular in Singapore, the term also started to appear in Singapore. For example, as early as 1971, the Mandarin term “热裤” appeared in local Chinese newspapers such as Nanyang Siang Pau, Sin Chew Daily, and Shin Min Daily News. However, Singapore society was more conservative then and women wearing hot pants were conspicuous. Therefore, there was greater concern about the personal safety of women who wore hot pants and their impact on the people around them.

例句

众多艺人中，白薇秀穿着性感，穿上一件黑色透明薄纱裙，里面搭配白色超短热裤，露出一双修长美腿，非常抢眼。（《联合早报》，8/4/2019）

SAMPLE SENTENCE

Among the many artistes, Joanne Peh was sexily dressed, wearing a black translucent tulle skirt and white ultra-short hot pants, revealing a pair of shapely, long, and beautiful legs that caught everyone’s eye. (Lianhe Zaobao, 8/4/2019)

其他地区用语

真理裤、超激短裤、激短裤（台）

TERMS USED IN OTHER REGIONS

真理裤、超激短裤、激短裤(Taiwan)