bloomer(说话)失误；出洋相

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

A blunder in speech，a blooper．Bloomers in current American speech is a humorous term for girls’or women’s underpants(their name deriving from the name of a costume worn by American feminist Amelia Jenks Bloomer)．Bloomers in Britain，however，are blunders in speech，or bloopers，as they would be called in America．

意为“说话失误或出洋相”。在美国英语中，现在bloomer一词是幽默语，指姑娘或妇女的内裤(源自美国女权主义者Amelia Jenks Bloomer所穿的服装的名字。)在英国英语中，bloomers意为“说话失误或出洋相”，即美国英语的blunders in speech或bloopers。