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pyjamas

noun
🔊/pəˈdʒɑːməz/
🔊/pəˈdʒæməz/
(US English pajamas)
(abbreviation PJs, pjs)
[plural]
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  1. a loose jacket and trousers worn in bed（一套）睡衣裤
    • a pair of pyjamas一套睡衣
    Topics Clothes and Fashionb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cotton
    • flannel
    • warm
    • …
    pyjama/​pajama + noun
    • jacket
    • top
    • bottoms
    • …
    … of pyjamas/​pajamas
    • pair
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Urdu and Persian, from pāy ‘leg’ + jāma ‘clothing’.