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单词 pants
释义

pants

/pan(t)s /
plural noun
1British Underpants or knickers.The chaps Tom and I have styled all bought pants or boxers and vests and have all reported back that they are soft, fit really well and that their women think they look much better....
  • Many stores now sell bikinis as separates, so you can buy the pants and bra in different sizes to ensure a perfect fit.
  • Department store Marks & Spencer is launching an underwear range for men featuring thongs and glittery pants.

Synonyms

underpants, briefs, Y-fronts, boxer shorts, boxers, long johns, knickers, French knickers, bikini briefs;
G-string, thong;
British tanga briefs, camiknickers;
North American shorts, undershorts
informal panties, undies, frillies
British informal kecks, smalls
dated drawers, bloomers
North American dated step-ins
historical pantalettes, Directoire drawers
2chiefly North American Trousers: corduroy pants (as modifier pant) wide pant legs...
  • The women that Isis had a glimpse of wore either bell-bottomed trousers, denim pants, or blue jeans.
  • The shirts tucked into tight, ebony brown rawhide pants, trousers designed to keep the warmth in and the cold out.
  • Lord I am so grateful for drawstring pants and trousers with elastic.

Synonyms

trousers
3British informal Rubbish; nonsense: he thought we were going to be absolute pants...
  • It's not art - it's pants.
  • I thought I'd give it a go. Unfortunatly, I'd not looked at the opinions of others on Ciao..........boy, do I wish I had! It's pants. It really is a poor program.

Phrases

catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down

fly (or drive) by the seat of one's pants

scare (or bore etc.) the pants off someone

Origin

Mid 19th century: abbreviation of pantaloons (see pantaloon).

  • pantaloons from late 16th century:

    In Italian Pantalone, was one of the stock characters in the Italian theatre called the commedia dell'arte, which was popular from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and later in English pantomime. In the Italian tradition he was a foolish old man in a predominantly red costume that included long close-fitting trousers that covered the feet. These trousers must have made an impression, as from the 17th century the name pantaloons was given to a succession of styles, including that worn by Pantaloon himself. In the USA from the mid 19th century pantaloons was a name for any trousers, hence the modern term pants (mid 19th century). See zany

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