Miss Martha leaned weakly against the showcase, one hand on her best blue-dotted silk shirtwaist as the pipe-smoking stranger gripped the shouting customer by the collar. 玛莎小姐虚弱无力地倚靠在橱窗上,一只手放在她最得意的蓝点真丝背心上。这时,那个叼着烟斗的陌生人一把抓住那个大喊大叫的顾客的衣领。
His wife asked him to purchase a shirtwaist for her while in New York. 他的太太叫他去纽约时给她买件衫裙。
Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire 三角女衫公司大火事件
Shirtwaist ( woman's dress that buttons down the front to the waist) 衬衫式连衣裙(胸部有扣至腰部的)。