tights

noun
🔊/taɪts/
🔊/taɪts/
[plural]
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  1. (British English)
    (North American English pantyhose)
    a piece of clothing made of very thin cloth that fits closely over a woman’s hips, legs and feet(女用)连裤袜,紧身裤
    • a pair of tights一条连裤袜
    compare stockingTopics Clothes and Fashionb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • opaque
    • thick
    • ribbed
    … of tights
    • pair
    verb + tights
    • pull on
    • ladder
    tights + verb
    • ladder
    phrases
    • a hole in your tights
    • a ladder in your tights
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  2. a piece of clothing similar to tights but made of thicker cloth, worn especially by dancers(尤指舞蹈演员穿的)紧身衣裤
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • opaque
    • thick
    • ribbed
    … of tights
    • pair
    verb + tights
    • pull on
    • ladder
    tights + verb
    • ladder
    phrases
    • a hole in your tights
    • a ladder in your tights
    See full entry