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a piece of clothing that covers the lower body and is divided into two parts to cover each leg separately 裤子 
a pair of grey trousers 一条灰裤子 Doug was wearing black trousers and a blue shirt. 道格穿着黑色裤子和蓝色衬衫。 baggy/tight/cropped trousers 宽松/紧身/七分裤 linen/leather/corduroy trousers 亚麻/皮革/灯芯绒裤子 tracksuit/pyjama trousers 运动服/睡衣裤 He dropped his trousers. 他脱了裤子。
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashiona1He quickly pulled on his trousers and a T-shirt. 他赶紧穿上裤子和 T 恤衫。 He disapproves of women in trousers. 他不赞成女人穿裤子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- baggy
- …
- pair
- pull on
- pull up
- drop
- …
- bottoms
- leg
- …
- in trousers
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from archaic trouse (singular) from Irish triús and Scottish Gaelic triubhas (see trews), on the pattern of drawers.
Idioms
catch somebody with their trousers down (British English)
(also catch somebody with their pants 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
wear the trousers (British English)
(North American English wear the pants)
- (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 trousers in that family! 那家谁当家显而易见！