| 单词 | pantaloon |
| 释义 | pantaloon (once / 8565 pages) n Use the word pantaloon if you're looking for a more colorful term for your pants or trousers. This is an excellent word choice if you're looking for a more elegant designation than "baggy pants." We get the word from French, which got it from a foolish comic character in Italian commedia dell'arte, Pantalone. It sounds old-fashioned now, but long ago most men wore pantaloons, loose trousers that gathered near the knee. As time went on, the word pantaloon was shortened in the United States to pants. WORD FAMILYpantaloon: pantaloons USAGE EXAMPLESBecause bathing dresses and pantaloons were shorter than regular dresses, women had to wear stockings when they swam at public beaches in the U.S. National Geographic(Aug 31, 2016) Thousands of revelers wearing medieval helmets, feathers and striped pantaloons paraded through Brussels on Thursday, in a tradition stretching back over half a millennium. Reuters(Jul 08, 2016) A servant in a fez and Turkish pantaloons sometimes followed them. Los Angeles Times(Jun 23, 2016) n trousers worn in former times Hyper pant, trouser (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately Pantaloon (once / 73871 pages) n WORD FAMILY Pantaloon: Pantaloons USAGE EXAMPLESPantaloons of chamois leather, buttoning close at the ankles. Lambert, Nannie, Ladies on Horseback—Learning, Park-...(2012) The most wealthy of the Italian comedians in Paris was Pantaloon, the father of Coraline and Camille, and a well-known usurer. Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de, The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de...(2012) And then there was the little bay on the Tierra del Fuego mainland, called Port Pantaloons. Spears, John R., The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn—A St...(2012) 1n a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes Exp buffoon, clown a rude or vulgar fool 2n a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man Exp character, fictional character, fictitious character an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) |
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