English Dictionary

Empire

/ˈɛmpaɪə/

形容詞

比較不可 女性用ドレス イギリス英語 古風 前置詞句

(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.

日本語の意味

（ファッション、家具、芸術などにおいて）第一フランス帝国（1804～1814）の時代に流行したスタイルを踏襲または模倣した様式 / （女性のドレスに関して）バストの直下にウエストラインがあるエンパイアウエストスタイル

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.