| 单词 | pants |
| 释义 | pants (once / 1095 pages) n In the UK, pants are women's undergarments. You might also call pants "knickers" or "underwear." In most English-speaking countries, the garments you wear under your clothing are known as undies, underpants, or panties, but in the UK, they're pants — especially when they're worn by girls or women. If you talk about pants in the US, people will think you mean jeans or trousers, but a question like, "Do you want to see my new pants?" might be a little shocking in Britain. WORD FAMILYpants: underpants+/pant: panted, panting, pants/panting: pantings USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe it’s the illustrations, simple black-and-white line drawings of slightly pudgy people in baggy T-shirts and pants doing really simple maneuvers. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Sort clothes by type, grouping pants together, then shirts or blouses, jackets or dresses. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Choice period detail: A story about the boom in skiing attributes the sport’s popularity to innovations in “metal skis and stretch pants.” Time(Jan 02, 2017) n underpants worn by women Syn|Hyper bloomers, drawers, knickers underpants an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin |
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