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tights
(taɪts)
1. plural noun [oft a pair of NOUN]
Tights are a piece of clothing, usually worn by women and girls. They are usually made of nylon and cover the hips, legs, and feet.
[British] ...a new pair of tights.
regional note: in AM, use pantyhose2. plural noun [oft a pair of NOUN]
Tights are a piece of tight clothing, usually worn by dancers, acrobats, or people in exercise classes, and covering the hips and legs but not the feet.
tights in British English
(taɪts)
plural noun
1.
a. Also called (US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ): pantyhose
a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by women in place of stockings
b. Also called: leotards US and Canadian
a similar, tight-fitting garment worn instead of trousers by any gender
2.
a similar garment formerly worn by men, as in the 16th century with a doublet
tights in American English
(taɪts)
plural noun
a tightly fitting garment, with separate legs, for the lower half of the body, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
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AmericaIn other languagestights
British English: tights /taɪts/ NOUN
Tights are a piece of clothing made of thin material such as nylon that covers your hips and each of your legs and feet separately.
...a new pair of tights.
- American English: pantyhose
- Arabic: جَوَارِبٌ طَوِيلَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: meia-calça
- Chinese: 裤袜
- Croatian: hulahopke
- Czech: punčocháče
- Danish: strømpebukser
- Dutch: maillot
- European Spanish: leotardos
- Finnish: sukkahousut
- French: collants
- German: Strumpfhose
- Greek: κολάν
- Italian: collant
- Japanese: タイツ
- Korean: 타이츠
- Norwegian: tights
- Polish: rajstopy
- European Portuguese: meia-calça
- Romanian: colanți
- Russian: колготки
- Latin American Spanish: mallas
- Swedish: strumpbyxor
- Thai: ถุงน่อง
- Turkish: külotlu çorap
- Ukrainian: колготи
- Vietnamese: quần nịt
Chinese translation of 'tights'
tights
(taɪts) (Brit)
n pl
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连(連)裤(褲)袜(襪)
(liánkùwà)美 = pantyhose
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