- (British English)
underpants or knickers 内裤;短裤 a pair of pants 一件内裤
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of pants- pair
- pull on
- pull up
- drop
- …
- bra and pants
- (especially North American English)
trousers 裤子 a new pair of pants 一条新裤子 ski/sweat/dress pants 滑雪/运动/服装裤 a brown vest with matching pants 棕色的背心与配套的裤子 I start patting at my pants pockets. 我开始拍我的裤子口袋。 She rolled up her pant legs. 她卷起裤腿。 She wore a pair of baggy khaki pants and a black t-shirt. 她穿着一条宽松的卡其布裤子和一件黑色t恤。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- corduroy
- …
- pair
- unbutton
- undo
- unzip
- …
- leg
- suit
- …
- in pants
- (British English, slang)
(also used as an adjective )也用作形容词 something you think is of poor quality synonym rubbish次品;劣质品
Word Originmid 19th cent.: abbreviation of pantaloons.
Idioms
bore, scare, etc. the pants off somebody
- (informal)
to make somebody extremely bored, frightened, etc. 把…烦死(或吓死等)
(fly) by the seat of your pants
- (informal)
to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful synonym wing it临时凭感觉碰运气;凭经验瞎碰
catch somebody with their pants down
(British English also catch somebody with their trousers down)
- (informal)
to arrive or do something when somebody is not expecting it and not ready, especially when they are in an embarrassing situation 使突陷窘境;乘人措手不及;出其不意;冷不防
have ants in your pants
- (informal)
to be very excited or impatient about something and unable to stay still 焦躁不安;坐立不安
wear the pants (North American English)
(British English wear the trousers)
- (often disapproving)
(especially of a woman )尤指女人 to be the person in a marriage or other relationship who makes most of the decisions (在婚姻等关系中)处于支配的位置,起指挥的作用 It's obvious who wears the pants in that family! 那家谁当家显而易见!
wet your pants/knickers
(also wet yourself)
- [no passive]
to urinate in your underwear by accident 尿裤子 He was so frightened that he wet his pants. 他害怕得尿湿了裤子。