A loincloth is a piece of cloth wrapped around the hips to cover the private parts, and that is more or less the whole garment. It is not trousers, not shorts, and not the underwear you buy in a shop.

A loinclothloincloth is a piece of cloth是一塊布 wrapped around the hips纏在臀部 to cover the private parts遮住私處，and that is more or less the whole garment這差不多就是整件衣服了。It is not trousers它不是長褲，not shorts不是短褲，and not the underwear you buy in a shop也不是你在店裡買的內褲。

In very hot places, and in many older ways of life, men — and in some cultures other people too — wore this for work, for ritual, or for everyday heat. You still meet it in some communities, in dance, in film, and in history books.

In very hot places在非常炎熱的地方，and in many older ways of life還有許多古老的生活方式裡，men — and in some cultures other people too男性——在某些文化裡其他人也會 wore this for work, for ritual, or for everyday heat會穿這個工作、進行儀式，或應付日常的熱。You still meet it你現在還會看到它 in some communities, in dance, in film, and in history books在一些社群、舞蹈、電影和歷史書裡。

English speakers usually say it about other times and other places, not about what they themselves put on for the office, so it can sound like an anthropology-word, a little distant. “Loin” here is the old body-word for the area between the ribs and the top of the legs, the same loins you hear in old Bible English.

English speakers usually say it英語人講這個字 about other times and other places通常是講別的時代、別的地方，not about what they themselves put on for the office而不是自己上班穿的東西，so it can sound like an anthropology-word所以聽起來會有點像人類學用語，a little distant有點疏遠。"Loin" here"Loin"這裡 is the old body-word是古老的身體用語 for the area between the ribs and the top of the legs指肋骨到腿頂端之間的部位，the same loins you hear in old Bible English跟古老聖經英文裡的loins是同一個字。