款式多樣，以飾針固定的裝飾性首飾。若指外形類似胸針，但以彈簧扣件固定在服裝上的裝飾性首飾，則稱「別針（首飾）」。

胸針(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,,)
hsiung chen (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
xiōng zhēn (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
xiong zhen (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
brooches(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
brooch(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
breastpins(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
broaches(jewelry)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
broches(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,D,U,U)
broches(brooches)　(,U,法語-偏好,D,U,PN)
broches(,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,PN)
broche(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
broche(,U,法語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
broche(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........裝備與設備
............服飾 (層級名)
................服飾 (流行式樣)
....................服飾配件
........................<穿戴式服飾配件>
............................首飾
................................<依位置區分之首飾>
....................................<服飾上的首飾>
........................................飾針 (首飾)
............................................胸針

distinguished from....

別針(首飾)

英文....	Ornamental jewelry made in a variety of forms fastened by a pin. For decorative items, similar in appearance to a brooch, but attached to a garment with a spring fastening, use "clips (jewelry)."
荷蘭語....	Diverse soorten sieraden die met een speld worden bevestigd.
西班牙語....	Joya ornamental realizada según una variedad de formas y abrochada mediante un alfiler.

胸針............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	朗文當代大辭典 207
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 September 8, 2011
.................	輔仁服飾辭典 85
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 September 8, 2011
brooches............	[VP]
.................	Gere, American and European Jewelry (1975) illustration, 43
.................	Livandi, Thesaurus of Clothing and Textile Terms, Personal Artifacts (1990)
.................	Jewellery through 7000 Years (1978) illustration, 67, U.K source, term not defined.
.................	Detroit Art Registration and Information System Glossary (1980)
.................	Waffen- und Kostüumkünde (1897-) Vol. 2, "Vocabulary of Basic Terms for Cataloguing Costume" - ICOM International Committee.
.................	Newman, Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (1981)
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	National Museum of American History, Dictionary of Costume (n.d.)
.................	Picken, Fashion Dictionary (1957) 251
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
.................	BHA Subject Headings (1985-)
.................	Nomenclature 3.0 for Museum Cataloging (2010)
brooch............	[VP]
.................	Chenhall, Revised Nomenclature (1988)
breastpins............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
broaches(jewelry)............	[VP]
.................	Picken, Fashion Dictionary (1957) broaches
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
broches............	[VP]
.................	CHIN database
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
broche............	[VP]
.................	CHIN database
.................	Meyer, Manual de Ornamentación (2004) 638
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................	The Oxford- Duden Pictorial Spanish and English Dictionary (1995)
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	Livandi, Thesaurus of Clothing and Textile Terms, Personal Artifacts (1990) brooch pendants; pendant brooches
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) precoor.; Viking brooches; Frankish brooches; Anglo-Saxon brooches; Late Antique brooches; Hiberno-Saxon brooches
.................	CHIN database
.................	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)

Getty AAT: 300045995 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300045995
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