A housecoat is a long, loose coat you wear at home, often over your clothes or nightclothes.

A housecoat一件housecoat is a long, loose coat是一件長長、寬鬆的外套you wear at home你在家裡穿的，often over your clothes or nightclothes常常罩在衣服或睡衣外面。

People put one on in the morning, or when they are cleaning, cooking, or answering the door without getting fully dressed. The point is the house: it is not an outdoor coat, and it is not meant to look smart in the street.

People人們put one on穿上它in the morning在早上，or或when they are cleaning在打掃、cooking煮飯、or answering the door或應門without getting fully dressed但還沒完全穿戴整齊的時候。The point重點就是the house「家」：it is not不是an outdoor coat一件出門穿的外套，and而it is not meant to look smart也不是要在in the street街上看起來體面。

It is close to a dressing gown or robe, though a housecoat is often a bit more like a light coat — buttons or a zip down the front, sometimes with pockets — and it was especially a women’s garment in the mid-twentieth century.

It is close to它接近a dressing gown or robe睡袍或家居袍，though雖然a housecoat housecoat is often a bit more like a light coat常常更像一件輕便外套— buttons or a zip down the front前面有扣子或拉鍊，sometimes with pockets有時候還有口袋— and而and it was especially它在mid-twentieth century二十世紀中葉尤其是a women's garment女性的服裝。

The word feels a little old-fashioned now. Younger people more often say robe, dressing gown, or just loungewear. You may still hear housecoat from older speakers, or see it in shops that sell that style.

The word這個字feels a little old-fashioned now現在聽起來有點老派。Younger people年輕人more often say更常說robe、dressing gown、or just loungewear或直接說loungewear「居家服」。You may still hear你仍然可能聽到housecoat這個字from older speakers從年長的人口中，or或see it in shops或在shops that sell that style賣這種款式的店裡看到它。