Seersucker is a light cotton cloth. The surface is not flat: it has a pattern of lines, and those lines feel a little uneven — some bits sit up, some sit down — so a shirt made of it does not stick to your skin in hot weather.

Seersucker is a light cotton clothseersucker是一種輕薄的棉布。The surface is not flat表面不是平的：it has a pattern of lines上面有一排一排的條紋，and those lines feel a little uneven摸起來這些條紋有點凹凸不平——some bits sit up, some sit down有些地方凸起來，有些地方凹下去——so a shirt made of it所以用這種布做的襯衫 does not stick to your skin in hot weather在熱天裡不會黏在皮膚上。

People use it for summer shirts, dresses, and suits. In the United States a blue-and-white seersucker suit is a well-known hot-weather look, a bit old-fashioned and cheerful.

People use it for summer shirts, dresses, and suits大家會用它來做夏天的襯衫、洋裝，和西裝。In the United States在美國，a blue-and-white seersucker suit藍白條紋的 seersucker 西裝 is a well-known hot-weather look是很有名的夏天穿搭，a bit old-fashioned and cheerful有點老派又帶點歡快感。

The word names the cloth, and people also use it for clothes made of that cloth. It is an ordinary clothes word, not slang, and not a joke about a person. Though actually, the English spelling looks like seer plus sucker, but that is only how the letters settled; the cloth itself is the real meaning, and you will meet the word in shops, sewing, and summer-dress talk more than in everyday chat about other things.

The word names the cloth這個字指的是那塊布，and people also use it for clothes made of that cloth也可以用來指用那塊布做成的衣服。It is an ordinary clothes word這是一個普通的衣物用字，not slang不是俚語，and not a joke about a person也不是在說某個人的玩笑話。Though actually不過實際上，the English spelling looks like seer plus sucker這個英文拼法看起來像是 seer 加 sucker，but that is only how the letters settled但那只是字母剛好拼成這樣；the cloth itself is the real meaning布本身才是這個字真正的意思，and you will meet the word in shops, sewing, and summer-dress talk你會在店裡、裁縫，還有夏季服裝的討論裡看到這個字，more than in everyday chat about other things比較少出現在其他日常話題裡。