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trousers

noun
 
🔊/ˈtraʊzəz/
🔊/ˈtraʊzərz/
(especially British English)
(North American English usually pants)
[plural]Idioms
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  1. 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. 道格当时穿着黑色的裤子和一件蓝色的衬衫。
    • baggy/tight/cropped trousers宽松/紧身/九分裤
    • linen/leather/corduroy trousers亚麻/皮革/灯芯绒长裤
    • tracksuit/pyjama trousers运动服/睡衣裤
    • He dropped his trousers.他脱了裤子。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He 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。
    Topics Clothes and Fashiona1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • short
    • baggy
    • …
    … of trousers
    • pair
    verb + trousers
    • pull on
    • pull up
    • drop
    • …
    trouser + noun
    • bottoms
    • leg
    • pocket
    • …
    preposition
    • in trousers
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    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)
  1. (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)
  1. (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!显然，那个家庭谁穿裤子！