It is hardly racy by today’s standards but this skimpy lingerie has certainly shocked historians.

虽然根据现代标准，这些小而暴露的内衣很难让人眼前一亮，但它足以令历史学家惊讶。

The lace and linen undergarments date back to hundreds of years before women’s underwear was thought to exist.

这些带有花边的亚麻内衣使之前人们认为的内衣存在年代提早了数百年。

They had lain hidden in a vault beneath the floorboards of an Austrian castle since the 15th century.

这些内衣是15世纪的产物，人们在奥地利一座古堡的地下室里发现了它们。

Despite their state of decay, the knickers bear more than a passing resemblance to the string bikini briefs popular today, while the bra has the fitted cups and delicate straps of its modern-day counterparts.

尽管有些腐烂，但发掘出的女性内裤和如今流行的捆带式比基尼泳装裤非常相似，而胸罩也和现代类似，有合身的罩杯和精致的肩带。

While it was known that medieval men wore undergarments like modern-day shorts, it was thought that their womenfolk simply wore a smock or chemise, and that knickers didn’t make an appearance until the late 18th century.

此前人们认为，在中世纪欧洲，男性所穿的内衣近似于现代款式，而女性则穿罩衫或宽松的衣服，女性的半短内裤是18世纪后期的产物。

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