English Dictionary

Empire

/ˈɛmpaɪə/

adj

(fashion, furniture, art) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). / (of a woman's dress) Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist.

The empire waist dress is a popular fashion choice.

意味（1）

(fashion, furniture, art) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).

意味（2）

(of a woman's dress) Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist.

...and for a moment he could not identify the lady in the Empire dress, nor imagine why her presence created such excitement among the initiated.

意味（3）

(Britain, dated, of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.

Wine from Portugal and France showed an irregular downward tendency over the period, while Empire wine from Australia and British South Africa rose rapidly, the former increasing nearly threefold between 1925 and 1927.